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but the ears are backward. Rowen is very good, but needs bright 

 sunshine. Potatoes look well, with no rot or blight. Apples are 

 about half a crop for a bearing year. Pastures were never better 

 and all kinds of stock have gone through well. Oats blighted 

 badly. Most of our farmers raise eggs for market, and the hen 

 is far ahead of the cow as a source of profit. 



Bellingham (J. J. O'Sulliyan). — Indian corn is in good con- 

 dition. Rowen is a good crop. There is little blight or rot on 

 the potatoes. Apples a fair crop, pears a poor crop and other 

 fruits good. Pasturage is in good condition for the time of year. 

 Probably the proportion of income derived from poultry is about 

 a tenth that derived from the dairy. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Easton (H. M. Thompson). — Corn is in good condition ; fodder 

 corn lodged badly recently, necessitating cutting in some localities 

 before it was fully matured. The rowen crop will be a banner 

 one. Blight is noticeable on potatoes, but the prospect for the 

 crop is fair ; in low places they begin to show rot. Apples are a 

 fair crop, pears good, peaches fair, grapes fair and cranberries 

 average. Pastures are in good condition. Oats are a good crop. 

 Poultry is quite an item, and I should estimate the income at 

 about 50 per cent of that from the dairy. Ducks have proved 

 very unprofitable, and many signify their intention of giving up 

 this branch of the business. 



Attleborough (Isaac Alger) . — Indian corn is a full average 

 crop. The rowen crop was never larger. Potatoes promise to be 

 a fine crop. All kinds of fruit are much below the average. 

 Pasturage is in extra good condition. Oats and barley are about 

 average crops. 



Berkley (R. H. Babbitt). — There will be a fair crop of Indian 

 corn. Rowen will be more than an average crop. Potatoes will 

 be a light crop, but there is neither blight nor rot. Apples, pears 

 and peaches will be light crops ; grapes and cranberries very good. 

 Pasturage is in very good condition. Oats and barley have been 

 good crops. Our farmers get more money from drfessed poultry 

 and eggs than from dairy products. 



Westport (A. S. Sherbian). — Corn is in very good condition. 

 The prospect for rowen is very good, better than for many years. 

 Apples and peaches are scarce, pears plenty, not many cranber- 

 ries. Pasturage was never in better condition. Oats and barley 

 have not done well. Considerable attention is given to poultry, 

 and poultry products bring about one-fourth as much income as 



