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looks well. Gardens are feeling the effect of drought, crops already 

 harvested good; prices as usual. All fruits are promising well. Pas- 

 tures are beginning to dry up. All grains have done about as well as 

 usual. Bees are kept only to a slight extent. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Bourne (David D. Nye). — Potato bugs, elm-leaf beetles and gypsy 

 moths are doing damage. Indian corn was in good condition, but the 

 present drought is wilting it; none raised for the silo. There was a 

 full crop of hay of very good quality. Sweet corn is the principal 

 forage crop. Market-garden crops are in very good condition ; potatoes 

 suffer seriously from dry weather. The prospect is fair for fruit; few 

 apples; cranberries look fair; peaches, plums and quinces scarce. 

 Pasturage has been very good, but dry weather has dried it up. Rye, 

 oats and barley are not raised about here. No bees are kept in town. 



Mashpee (W. F. Hammond). — Cranberry fire worms and cut worms 

 are doing damage. Indian corn is looking well; none will be put 

 into the silo. The hay crop was about average in quantity. Oats 

 and fodder corn are the principal forage crops. Market-garden crops 

 are about average in yield and price. Apples, pears and grapes are 

 half crops; peaches, plums and quinces 25 per cent. Pasturage is 

 above the average in condition. There will be average crops of rye 

 and oats. Bees are kept here, but only a few hives. 



Orleans (Freeman E. Snow). — The cranberry worm is doing con- 

 siderable damage. Corn is looking well; there are no silos. The hay 

 crop has been a little better than usual this year, on account of more 

 rain. Oats and millet are raised for forage and promise fairly well. 

 Asparagus, except on new beds, has not done well; prices for market- 

 garden crops good. The prospects indicate a small crop of fruit, gen- 

 erally speaking. Pastures are drying up. Rye, oats and barley are 

 about average crops. A few bees are kept, but hardly enough to make 

 account of. 



Falmouth (D. R. Wicks). — Potato bugs and spanworms are doing 

 damage. Indian corn is not quite up to the normal, but of good color 

 and growing very fast. The hay crop is fully up to the normal in 

 quantity and quality. Corn and millet are the principal forage crops 

 and are in need of moisture. Potatoes are blighting and are not prom- 

 ising. Apples are a failure; pears 25 per cent; peaches half a crop; 

 plums normal ; quinces fair; cranberries good. Pastures begin to show 

 the effects of drought. A few bees are kept, not as many as formerly. 



Harwich (Mrs. S. M. Doane). — Elm-leaf beetles and gypsy moth 

 caterpillars are doing damage. Notwithstanding the drought corn is 

 looking fairly well ; very little put into the silo. The hay crop is rather 

 above the average and of good quality. There will be the usual acreage 

 of beets and turnips for stock food. Early potatoes are bringing good 

 prices, but rather below the average in yield. The prospect for apples, 



