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the dairy. Turnips are looking well, while cabbages are not doing 

 well. 



Dartmouth (L. T. Davis). — Indian corn is about in average 

 condition. Rowen is in as good condition as it can be in this sec- 

 tion. Potatoes are a good crop, but are rotting badly. Apples 

 are a light crop, pears half a crop, no peaches and grapes half a 

 crop. Pastures are in good condition. Oats and barley have 

 been a good deal damaged by much rain. 



Acushnet (M. S. Douglas). — Indian corn is looking well. 

 Rowen is more than an average crop. Blight has struck late po- 

 tatoes and they are rotting. No apples, pears fair, some [)eaches, 

 grapes good. Pasturage is in good condition. Oats and barley 

 are not over half crops. Considerable attention is paid to poul- 

 try, and I should think the income from that source about equal 

 to that from the dairy. 



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Brockton (Davis Copeland). — Corn is looking well, and there 

 is a large growth of fodder. Rowen is 33 per cent above an aver- 

 age crop. There are not many late potatoes planted. No peaches ; 

 apples a small crop ; pears and grapes fair. Pasturage is in good 

 condition. Oats and barley are not raised for grain, but were 

 good as forage crops. 



West Bridgewater (C. T. Howard) . — Corn has grown very 

 rapidly the last month, and is looking well. All fields that had a 

 good first crop will cut a heavy crop of rowen. We expect late 

 potatoes to rot badly. All fruit promises less than an average 

 crop. Pastures are very good this season. Nearly all our farm- 

 ers have a flock of hens, and, while some make more from their 

 hens than from the dairy, all find a good profit in the poultry yard. 



Pembroke (Nathaniel Morton). — Indian corn is a good crop. 

 Rowen is fully up to the average of former years. The prospect 

 for potatoes is clouded, owing to blight and slight rot. Apples 

 are a small crop, but cranberries promise well. Pasturage is in 

 good condition. Poultry receives more attention than the dairy. 

 The condition of all crops has been impaired by excessive rains. 



Kingston (J. H. Cushman). — There is a good show for a full 

 crop of corn, though the high winds and hard rains have done it 

 some damage. Rowen is more than an average crop. There is a 

 good prospect of a full crop of potatoes ; no blight or rot has 

 appeared. Apples scarce ; no peaches ; pears, grapes and cran- 

 berries average crops. Pastures are holding out well since the 

 rains. Poultry is raised mostly for family use. 



