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from poultry culture is about 10 per cent that derived from the 

 dairy. Cranberries are drowned at the present time, but appear 

 to be a good crop. 



Manchester (John Baker) . — Indian corn is in very good con- 

 dition. The prospect is that there will be a great crop of rowen. 

 Potatoes will be a good crop where free from rot, which is show- 

 ing on low land. Apples and cranberries are good crops, grapes 

 fair, peaches and pears poor. Pastures are in excellent condition. 

 Each farmer keeps a few fowls. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Stoughton (C. F. Curtis). — Corn is a full crop where planted 

 early, and a three-fourths crop where planted late. Rowen is the 

 best crop ever known. Potatoes are turning out good, with but 

 little rot. Apples are half a crop, pears half a crop, and grapes 

 and cranberries full crops. There is plenty of feed in the pastures, 

 owing to so much rain. Not enough attention is paid to poultry 

 to amount to anything. 



Cantoyi (E. V. Kennedy) . — Corn is looking very thrifty, though 

 it is a few days late and there is some smut. Rowen will be an 

 unequalled crop. The potato crop is good and of excellent quality, 

 but there are several reports of rot. Apples are an ordinary crop, 

 pears and peaches small crops, grapes excellent. Pastures were 

 never in better condition at this time of year. Oats and barley 

 were good crops, but were badly damaged in harvesting. All 

 farmers keep from 25 to 100 hens, but the proportional income 

 derived from poultry is very small when compared to that from the 

 dairy, as milk for market is the principal product of our farmers. 



Foxhorougli (E. A. Morse) . — Indian corn is a fairly good crop. 

 Rowen is the best for many years. The prospect is good for late 

 potatoes, but early ones are blighted considerably. Apples are 

 a fair crop, no peaches, grapes and cranberries good. Pasturage 

 is in good condition. I think there is as much income derived 

 from poultry as from the dairy in this town. 



Mechvay (Monroe Morse). — Indian corn is 80 per cent of a 

 full crop. Rowen is 25 per cent above a full crop. Potatoes 

 show a heavy growth of tops, but tubers have not set well. Apples 

 and pears are about half crops and peaches not over one-third of 

 a crop. Pasturage is in first-class condition. Oats and barley 

 made a good growth, and wei*e mostly used for fodder. Consid- 

 erable poultry is kept. The great amount and continuity of rain 

 has made it impossible to keep weeds down. 



Norfolk (G. E. Holbrook). — Indian corn is rank in fodder, 



