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has reduced the yield of all garden crops. Corn bids fair to be a 

 good crop. Barley was twenty-five per cent less than last year, 

 and oats about the same. 



Westport (A. S. Sherman). — The tomato worm is doing the 

 most damage. Pasturage is very short, and there is no rowen 

 worth mentioning. Yield of early fruit fair ; late pears very good ; 

 late apples very scarce, and of poor quality. Potatoes will be a 

 good crop. The yield of market-garden crops has been good, 

 with good prospects for the future. Corn is a very good crop, of 

 large growth and good color. Oats and barley were about an 

 average crop. 



Fairhaven (F. C. Lyon). — Pasturage is poor except on low 

 land, but rowen is good on well-dressed meadows. The early fruit 

 crop was good, but the recent gales have blown fully half the late 

 fruit off. Market-garden crops have been a fair yield for the 

 season. But for the late rains corn would have been slim, but 

 the high winds accompanying them laid much of it flat. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 



West Bridgeioater (F. E. Howard). — Potato beetles and squash 

 bugs are doing the most damage. Pasturage is in good condition, 

 and the rowen crop will be fairly good. Early fruit crops were 

 quite good, but later ones will not do so well. Potatoes will not 

 be an average crop. Market-garden crops have been about an 

 average in yield, and the prospect is for average crops to come. 

 Corn will probably be about an average crop. Oats and barley 

 compare favorably with last year's crop. 



Hanson (F. S. Thomas). — Apple worms are doing the most 

 damage. Pasturage and rowen are in fairly good condition. Early 

 fruits were good, but late ones will be poor. Potatoes promise a 

 good crop. Market-garden crops have made a good yield, and 

 promise well. Corn will be a good crop if it recovers from the 

 effects of the recent gales. About all the fruit has been blown 

 from the trees. 



Kingston (Jas. H. Cushman). — There are no insects doing 

 damage. Pastures are getting quite dry, but rowen is looking 

 well on low ground. Early fruit has been quite plenty, and late 

 fruit will be about an average crop. Potatoes are not a large 

 crop, but are of excellent quality. The yield of market-garden 

 crops during the past month has been good, but those to come 

 have been much damaged by storms. Corn does not look very 

 promising, the high winds having injured it badly. Oats have 

 been better in quantity and quality than last year. 



