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oue silo in town. Hay was a two-thirds crop, of good quality. 

 Early potatoes are a good crop, but are blasting somewhat ; price 

 $1.25 per bushel. Late potatoes look well. Market-garden crops 

 are fully up to former years in yield and price. Apples will be 

 half a crop ; pears, a two-thirds crop ; grapes and peaches, good ; 

 and cranberries, a big crop. Pasturage never looked better. 



Mashpee. (W. F. Hammond). — Potato beetles are doing the 

 most damage. Corn is looking well ; no silos in this vicinity. 

 Hay was an average crop, of good quality. Potatoes are looking 

 well, and the early ones bring $1.60 per bushel. Market-garden 

 crops have been average in yield, with prices good. Apples and 

 peaches will be small crops, but pears and grapes will be good. 

 Rye was an average crop. 



Barnstable (John Buksley). — Fire worms, span worms and 

 wire worms are doing the most damage. Corn is small for the 

 season ; about 3 per cent will go into the silo. The hay crop was 

 about 60 per cent of an average in quantity and of good quality. 

 Early potatoes are yielding well and late ones look finely ; prices 

 from 90 cents to $1.25 per bushel. There are few Baldwins, and 

 other apples are a smaller crop than usual. Pears and grapes are 

 looking well, and cranberries promise unusually well, except a few 

 bogs which have been injured by insects. Pasturage is in good 

 condition. Rye was more than an average crop. 



Dermis (Joshua Crowell). — Insects have not been quite as 

 plenty as usual, although the horn fly is plentiful and very annoy- 

 ing to cattle. Corn has improved very much recently, but little is 

 put into the silo. Hay was about two-thirds of an average crop ; 

 quality excellent. Potatoes are in very good condition, with 

 prices from $1.00 to $1.25 per bushel. Apples and pears will be 

 below the average, but cranberries will be a full crop. Pasturage 

 is much better than is usual at this season. Showers have been 

 of frequent occurrence. 



Eastham (J. A. Clark). — The horn fly is very troublesome. 

 Corn is looking well. There are no silos in this vicinity. Hay 

 was an average crop in both quantity and quality. Early potatoes 

 are a very good crop ; price $1.00 per bushel ; late ones are not so 

 promising. Market-garden crops have been average in yield and 

 price. Apples will be a light crop, but cranberries are looking 

 well. Pasturage is in good condition. The acreage of rye was 

 light, but the crop was good. 



DUKES COUNTY. 

 West Tisbury (Wm. J. Rotch).' — There is no serious trouble 

 with insects. Corn is in fair condition ; no silos here. Hay was 



