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millet is grown as forage. There is prospect of only a small crop of 

 fruit, except for cranberries. Pastures are drying up at this time. 

 Rye, oats and barley are average crops. A few bees are kept. Cran- 

 berries have blossomed well and there is prospect of a large crop. 



Rochester (Geo. H. Randall). — Cut worms, currant worms and 

 potato bugs are doing damage. Indian corn is late and suffering from 

 drought; perhaps one-fourth the crop will go into the silo. There is 

 an average hay crop of good quality and secured in good condition. 

 Fodder corn and millet are the forage crops grown. All market- 

 garden crops are suffering for want of rain ; potatoes are hardly worth 

 digging. The prospect is very poor for fruits, except grapes and 

 cranberries. Pasturage is almost all dried up. Rye is a good crop ; 

 oats and barley small. A few hives of bees are kept. Onions are 

 ripening very small. 



Wareham (A. B. Savary). — Very little damage is being done by 

 insects. Corn is looking well; there are no silos in town. The hay 

 crop is above average in quantity and quality. Some millet is grown 

 for forage. Garden crops are drying up and unless there is rain soon 

 they will be poor. The prospect is good for cranberries only of all 

 fruits. Pasturage is poor, owing to lack of rain. Rye, oats and 

 barley are little grown and only for forage. There are only a few 

 hives of bees kept. No rain to amount to anything for two months, 

 not even a thunder shower. 



Norwell (Henry A. Turner). — Potato bugs and currant worms 

 are doing damage. Corn is looking well ; very few silos in this locality. 

 The hay crop was about a normal yield of good quality. Oats are 

 raised as a forage crop to some extent. Potatoes are looking well, 

 but none have been harvested. The apple crop promises well; very 

 few peaches; grapes promise a good crop. Pasturage is in very good 

 condition. There is little rye, oats or barley raised. A very few bees 

 are kept. 



Marsh-field (John H. Bourne). — Cut worms, potato beetles, 

 squash bugs and currant worms are doing damage. Indian corn is 

 in excellent condition; very small part of it goes into the silo. The 

 hay crop was a little better than last year and of excellent quality. 

 Oats and fodder corn are raised for forage crops and are well grown. 

 The dry weather is cutting short market-garden crops, especially 

 potatoes. Apples are a little short ; pears good; peaches fair; grapes 

 as usual; cranberries looking well now. Pasturage is drying off . Rye, 

 oats and barley are about average crops. A good many colonies of 

 bees are kept, one man having 100 hives. 



Plympton (Winthrop Fillebrown). — Potato bugs and squash 

 bugs are the insects doing the most damage. Corn is looking well, 

 though planted late. The hay crop was a little above the average. 

 Corn, peas and oats and millet are the principal forage crops; millet 



