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garden crops. Apples are half a crop, pears three-fourths, plums one- 

 half, grapes one-fourth and ci-anberries one-half. 



Swansea (F. G. Arnold). — Indian corn shows heavy fodder, but has 

 not eared quite as well as usual. Rovven and fall feed are above the 

 usual average. About the usual amount of fall seeding has been done, 

 and it is looking well. Potatoes have yielded well, and ai-e of good 

 quality. Dry weather for the last six weeks makes late garden crops 

 very backward. Apples are scarce ; pears and peaches about the aver- 

 age ; few cranberries. 



Westport (A. S. Sherman). — Indian corn has done well, and is some- 

 what above an average crop. Rowen is up to the usual average ; fall 

 feed has been good, but is now badly dried up. Very little fall seeding 

 has been done, and that is in poor condition owing to drought. Onions 

 are far below an average crop. Potatoes are up to the usual average. 

 The prospect for root crops is very good, if we have rain soon. Pears 

 are plenty ; all other fruits scarce. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 



Brockton (Davis Copeland). — Indian corn is about an average crop, 

 Rowen and fall feed are up to the usual average. The usual amount 

 of fall seeding has been done, and it is in good condition. Onions are 

 about 90 percent of a full crop. Potatoes are an average crop in yield 

 and quality. Market-garden crops needed rain at the time of making 

 returns ; with rain the prospect is good as a rule. There are not many 

 apples; pears good; grapes late; cranberry crop small. Some fields of 

 celeiy have rusted so as to damage it, otherwise it is good. 



Hanson {V. S. Thomas). — Indian corn is an average crop. Rowen 

 and fall feed are unusually good. About the usual amount of fall 

 seeding is now being done. Potatoes are an average crop both as to 

 yield and quality. The prospect is good for root crops, celery and other 

 late market-garden crops. Few apples ; not many pears or peaches ; 

 grapes not up to the average ; cranberi'ies all right. There have been 

 two crops of rowen on good land. 



Halifax (G. W. Hayward). — The fine weather of August has made 

 an avei-age crop of corn. A full crop of rowen has been secured, and 

 fall feed is good. Very little fall seeding has been done, and what has 

 been has not come up owing to the lack of moisture. What few onions 

 were sown are more than an average ci'op. Potatoes are not average 

 in yield, but are of fine quality. Turnips look fairly well. Very few 

 a^jples, but cranberries are turning out better than was expected. 



Marshjidd (J. H. Bourne). — Corn stover is a little ranker and larger 

 than usual but the grain is not quite as full. Rowen and fall feed are 

 better than usual. Less than the usual amount of fall seeding has been 

 done and it has suffered somewhat from the dry weather of September. 

 Onions are not quite up to the usual average. Late potatoes are nearly 

 an average crop and are of good quality. Turnips will be a light crop, 

 as will also late cabbage. Apples, pears and peaches are less than 

 average crops ; cranberries are a full average crop and are ripening well. 



Carver (J. A. Vaughan). — Indian corn is an average crop. Rowen 

 and fall feed are up to the usual average. Less than the usual amount 

 of fall seeding has been done. Onions are in good condition. Potatoes 

 are a good crop. The prospect is fair for root crops, celery and other 

 late market-garden crops. But few apples, pears, peaches, i^lums or 

 grapes. Cranberry picking is being pushed this week and is finished 

 on some bogs. The weather has been excellent for the work. We 

 have had three frosty nights and some berries have been killed on 

 unflowed bogs. There is complaint of rot on a few bogs, others free 

 from it. The crop is later in ripening than usual. On the whole I 

 think there will be an average crop of good berries. 



