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Lakeville (Elbridge Cushman). — We have had abundant rains, 

 so pasturage and rowen are in very good condition. Wild fruit 

 has been an average crop, as have early apples and pears, but late 

 fruit will yield a small crop. Potatoes are hardly an average crop. 

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

 Corn will be more than an average crop, though the recent high 

 winds have injured it somewhat. Oats have been a good crop. 



Wareham (A. Savary) . — The horn fly and the squash vine 

 borer are doing the most damage. Pasturage and rowen are both 

 in very good condition. Early fruit was fair, but there will be no 

 late fruit. Potatoes will be a good crop. Market-garden crops 

 are about an average. Corn was injured by the late winds. The 

 cranberry crop promises to be large, and picking has commenced. 



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Falmouth (D. R. Wicks) . — Grubs are eating grass roots in 

 meadows and pastures. There is very little rowen, but pastures 

 are starting well. There has been very little early fruit, and late 

 will also be a very small crop. Much fruit was blown off by the 

 recent winds. Potatoes were never a better crop. Market-garden 

 crops have been fair, and are still good. Corn has been badly 

 broken down by wind. 



Sandwich (J. R. Holway) . — Grass land has been badly eaten by 

 the white grub. Rowen and pastures are in good condition. Early 

 fruits were very plenty, but late fruit will be scarce. Potatoes are 

 a good crop of good quality. Market-garden crops have been very 

 good. Corn has been badly blown down and broken by wind, but 

 will be a fair crop. The cranberry crop is late, but promises to 

 be large. 



Mashpee (W. F. Hammond). — Fruit worms in cranberry bogs, 

 wire worms in corn and grubs in meadows are doing the most 

 damage. Pasturage is fair, but rowen is poor because of the 

 grubs. Early fruit was a good crop, and late is looking well. 

 Potatoes have done well. Market-garden crops have done better 

 than was expected, and bid fair to be a good yield. Corn will be 

 less than an average crop, on account of worms eating the corn in 

 the husk and at the root. Barley and oats were fair crops. 



Eastham (J. A. Clark). — Insects are not doing any particular 

 damage. Pasturage and rowen are in good condition. Apples 

 were a light crop, and the greater portion of those on the trees 

 have blown off. Most early potatoes are dug and sold. The acre- 

 age of late turnips is large, and the crop looked finely until the 

 blight struck the earliest-planted pieces a few days ago. 



