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products about as last year ; dairy cows plenty now, price higher than 

 last year. Pasturage is in fine condition. Strawberries are a big crop, 

 raspberries looking finely, currants the same, apples good, pears fair, 

 and cranberries promise a good crop if the worms can be kept in sub- 

 jection. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Easlon (H. M. Thompson). — Cutworms are doing some damage to 

 potatoes. Indian corn is looking well, but is late; aci'eage about as 

 usual. Old hay fields are being cut and a heavy crop is in prospect. 

 Acreage of early potatoes considerably below the average ; crop average, 

 but late. Early market-gaixlen crops a little off, on account of wet 

 season, with prices about as usual. Quantity of dairy products about as 

 usual, jarice low ; milch cows in good demand, at fair to good prices. 

 Pasturage is in fair condition. Apples promise a heavy yield, pears not 

 set well and have fallen off badly in some instances. 



Attleborough, (Isaac Alger). — Insects ai'e not doing as much damage 

 as usual. Corn is small for the season, but looks well ; acreage about 

 as usual. Haying has not yet begun, but the crop will be abundant. 

 The acreage of early potatoes is about an average one. Early market- 

 garden crops are about as usual in yield and price. Dairy products are 

 about the same as usual in quantity and price Pasturage is above the 

 avei-age in condition. Strawberries are a large crop. Apples and pears 

 have dropped badly and it is now impossible to say what the crop will be. 



Dighton (J.N. Paul). — Canker worms and cut worms are doing 

 some damage. Indian corn is looking well, with a small acreage. Hay- 

 ing has not begun, but the prospect for the crop is ^ood. The acreage 

 of early potatoes is smaller than usual, but a good crop is promised, 

 Early market-garden crops are about average as to yield and price, with 

 the prospect good for later ones. Quantity and price of dairy products 

 about as usual. Pastures are in good condition Dighton is now pick- 

 ing and shipping the largest strawberry crop it ever raised. The quality 

 of the fruit is good, but the price obtained hardly pays the expense of 

 picking and shipping. Apples and jjears promise well. 



Berkley (R. H. Babbitt). — Canker worms and cut worms are doing 

 some damage. Indian corn has a smaller acreage than usual, but the 

 crop is looking fairly well. Haying has just begun, with the prospect 

 of a large crop. Many fields have come up badly, but otherwise early 

 potatoes are looking very well. Many market-garden crops have 

 suffered from wet weather, but prices are about as usual. Quantity and 

 price of dairy products about average. Pasturage is in very good con- 

 dition. Strawberries a large crop, prices ruinous ; raspberries winter- 

 killed to some extent ; currants looking fairly well. 



Wesljiort (A. S Sherman). — Canker worms and currant worms are 

 doing some damage. Indian corn is in very good shape ; acreage grow- 

 ing less every year, by reason of grain being so cheap. Haying has 

 begun and there is prospect of a good ci-op. Not many early potatoes 

 are planted and all potatoes are looking slim There is no decided 

 change as to yield and price of market-garden crops. Dairy jsroducts 

 show no change in quantits' or price ; price of cows has advanced 2.5 per 

 cent. Pasturage is in verj' good condition and there is i^lenty of feed. 

 Strawberries abundant, currants and gooseberries a very good crop. It 

 has been too wet for beans, but they are doing well now. 



Acushnet (M. S. Douglas). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Corn is backward, with about average acreage. Haying has been done 

 and the crop will be as large as was ever known. The acreage of early 

 potatoes is fully up to the average and they are looking well. Price 

 and supply of dairy products and dairy cows about as usual. Pasturage 

 never was better at this season of the year. Currants good, raspberries 

 fair, blackberries will yield abundantly; strawberries not quite up, 

 owing to blight, and prices low. 



