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There will be a heavy yield of grapes ; apples, pears, peaches and cran- 

 berries light. Pasturage is in poor condition. Oats and barley are 

 below average yields. Celery and other late market-garden crops are 

 rather backward. Heavy winds have damaged corn. 



Topsfield (B. P. Pike). — Corn is late, and the crop will not be as 

 heavy as usual, on account of drought. There will be practically no 

 rowen. The prospect for late potatoes is fair; have noticed neither 

 blight nor rot. There will be about 25 per cent of a normal yield of 

 apples; few pears or peaches; some grapes and cranberries. The 

 condition of pastures is as bad as it can be. Oats and barley were all 

 cut for hay, and were not as good as usual. Celery and other late 

 market-garden crops are below average in condition. 



Hamilton (Geo. R. Dodge) . — The condition of corn is about normal, 

 except on high ground, where it suffered from drought. Rowen will 

 be a short crop, scarcely 50 per cent of the normal. Late potatoes on 

 moist ground are still growing, and no blight is reported as yet. Apples 

 are about 25 per cent, of a normal crop ; pears 50; peaches 50; grapes 

 75. Upland pastures are dried up, but lowland pastures hold out well. 

 Oats and barley are not raised except for forage. Celery is not grown; 

 late cabbage and turnips backward, but coming forward since the rain. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Cohasset (Ellery C. Bates). — Indian corn is not raised here. 

 There will be very little rowen. There will be a fair crop of potatoes; 

 have noticed neither blight nor rot. There will be a fair yield of fruits. 

 Pastures are in poor condition. Oats and barley are not raised. Celery 

 and other late market-garden crops are in good condition at present. 

 The season has been very dry, and some crops have been entirely 

 ruined ; late crops promise well with rain. 



Randolph (Rufus A. Thayer). — Indian corn was badly injured by 

 drought, and will be about half a crop. There will be no rowen except 

 on low, rich land. Potatoes are very small, and not half a crop ; have 

 noticed neither blight nor rot as yet. Apples are half a crop; pears 

 fair crop; grapes good. Pastures are very dry. Oats and barley are 

 all used for forage crops, and are good only on low land. Celery, 

 turnips and cabbage promise fairly well; tomatoes are a poor crop. 

 The severe drought has nearly ruined all garden crops on high land; 

 some fields of sweet corn will not pay half the cost of fertilizer and 

 labor. 



Stoughton (Charles F. Curtis). — Indian corn is only about one- 

 third of a normal crop in forage, with no ears, owing to the drought. 

 Rowen never started, and will be a failure. Late potatoes will do well; 

 early fields blighted. Apples and pears are 80 per cent of a full crop; 

 peaches 50; grapes 100; cranberries 90. Pasturage is all burned up, 

 as we had no rain, not even thunder showers, for a long time previous 

 to this week. Oats and barley are only one-third crops. This is the 



