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Seekonk (John W. Peck) . — Corn is little grown except for the silo, 

 and is in poor condition. Rowen is nearly burned up on high mowing 

 lands, and not over half a crop on low lands. Late potatoes are not 

 nearly up to the average ; have noticed neither blight nor rot. Apples 

 poor; pears fair; grapes good; peaches and quinces poor. Pasturage 

 is very poor, and many dairymen are feeding hay. Oats are a good 

 crop; barley mostly grown for feed, and will make good crop with 

 rains. Celery is very small and late, except where freely watered. 

 The drought has been the worst the oldest inhabitant remembers. 

 Prices have been very good for all crops. 



Dighton (Howard C. Briggs). — Indian corn is in very poor condi- 

 tion. There will be about 10 per cent of a normal crop of rowen. Late 

 potatoes will give a very small yield; no rot as yet. Grapes and cran- 

 berries are good; other fruits poor. Pastures are in very poor condi- 

 tion. Oats and barley are not up to the average. All late market- 

 garden crops are in bad condition. The first rain of any account since 

 the beginning of June fell on August 17. 



Swansea (F. G. Arnold) . — Indian corn is very poor, few fields 

 having ears; crop about 40 per cent of the normal. There will be no 

 rowen. There is no blight or rot on late potatoes, but the rains came 

 too late to save them. There will be few apples and pears; grapes 

 plenty; no cranberries. The severe drought has left no grass in 

 pastures, and farmers are feeding hay and corn fodder. There will 

 be about two-thirds yields of oats and barley. There is very little 

 celery set, except where irrigated; turnips a failure. The rain of this 

 week is the first for seven weeks, but will help cabbage, pastures and 

 forage crops. 



Acushnet (M. S. Douglas). — Indian corn is a normal crop. There 

 is not 25 per cent of a normal yield of rowen in prospect. Late pota- 

 toes look green; have noticed neither blight nor rot. Apples are 

 dropping badly; pears fair; few peaches; grapes good. Pastures are 

 in very poor condition. Oats and barley are almost a failure. Celery 

 has not got a good start, on account of dry weather, and all other late 

 market-garden crops are the same. Fall apples matured early and 

 brought good prices, but late apples are small and will be very scarce. 



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Brockton (Davis Copeland) . — Indian corn is good on moist land, 

 but a great deal dried up on high land. Rowen is very poor except on 

 moist land. I have not noticed blight or rot on potatoes. There will 

 not be many apples ; some pears and grapes. Pasturage is very short, 

 owing to dry weather. Oats and barley are not raised for grain. 

 Celery and garden crops do not look very promising, but may do 

 better now that we have had rain. 



Nonvell (Henry A. Turner) . — Indian corn is looking well, though 

 a little late. At present it looks as if the rowen crop would be light. 

 Few late potatoes have been dug; have noticed neither blight nor rot. 



