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yield and price. The prospect for fruit is poor, but that for cranberries 

 is good. Pasturage is in very good condition. Rye good, oats poor, 

 not much barley raised. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Falmouth (D. R. Wicks).— Potato bugs and squash bugs are doing 

 some damage. Corn is growing fast; there are one or two silos in 

 town. The hay crop was larger than usual and was got in in the best of 

 order. Oats and corn are the principal forage crops. Most garden 

 crops have been late, peas have not yielded well, other things fair ; po- 

 tatoes looking well. All kinds of fruit a failure except ci'anberries, 

 which are looking well on some bogs. Pastures have been dry but are 

 looking better since the recent rains. Oats are a short crop with some 

 rust. 



Masfqyee (W. F. Hammond).— Potato bugs and tire worms are doing 

 some damage. Indian corn is looking -well. The hay crop was above 

 the average and of good quality. Corn and oats are planted to help out 

 the pastures. Market-garden crops are looking well, yield and price 

 about average. Apples, pears, peaches, plums and quinces are a failure ; 

 grapes and cranberries half crops. Pasturage is very good. Rye and 

 oats are less than average crops 



Barnstable (John Bursley). — White grubs are eating grass roots 

 and potatoes, and flies are annoying stock. Indian corn is in fair to good 

 condition ; none for silage. Hay is 50 per cent above the average in 

 quantity and of good quality. Fodder corn is the only forage crop 

 grown. Market-garden crops are in fair to good condition and prices 

 are average. Apples, pears, peaches and plums very small crops ; 

 quinces and grapes good ; cranberries average. Pasturage is in good 

 condition. Rye good, oats very light, some lots nearly a failure. 



Brewster (J. H. Clakk). — Ci'anberry insects ai"e doing some damage. 

 Indian corn is in very good condition ; very little goes into the silo. 

 Hay was better than an average crop. Market-garden crops are in very 

 good condition and potatoes are fully up to the average. All fruits are 

 very poor, except cranberries, which look well. Pastui'age is in very 

 good condition. Rye, oats and barley are fullj' up to the average. 



Chatham (E. Z. Ryder). — There are no insects doing much damage. 

 Indian corn is in very good condition ; very little is put into the silo. 

 The hay crojj is good in quality and large in quantity. The condition 

 of market-garden crops is good and they are about as in former years 

 in yield and price. The prospect for a2)ples and pears are good and 

 cranberries are looking well. Pastures are looking veiy well with the 

 jjrospect of good fall pastui'age. Rye, oats and barley are looking well. 



Wellfleet (Everett jACor.s). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 No Indian corn is raised of any account. The hay crop is above the 

 average. Roots are mostly used to help out the hay crop and the past- 

 ures Potatoes are rather poor on account of dry weather. Apples are 

 very scai'ce and will be a failure this season ; quinces and other small 

 fruits good. Pastures are in rather poor condition although the late 

 rains will improve them. 



DUKES COUNTY. 



West Tisbury (Geo. Hunt Luce). — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Indian corn is looking linely ; silos are not used here. The hay 

 croj) was above the avei'agc in (]uantity and of Ijetter quality than usual. 

 Potatoes are rather small but recent rains will improve them ; price 

 high. The prospect is poor for all kinds of fruits. Pastures are in very 

 good condition. Oats are about half a cro^D. 



