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market-garden crops about as usual in yield and price. Quantity 

 and price of dairy products about as last year ; condition and 

 health of stock never better. Pasturage never was shorter at this 

 season. Fruits and berries are all very short crops. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Meflfield (Gr. R. Chase). — Little injury from insects. Corn 

 needs rain soon, acreage average. Haying just beginning ; small 

 crop, not exceeding 65 or 70 per cent. About 80 per cent of the 

 usual acreage of early potatoes, and they do not promise a full 

 crop on account of drouglit. Prices of market-garden crops low 

 and prospect poor for later ones. Dairy products less in quantity 

 than last year ; prices lower for butter than usual ; stock healthy. 

 Pastures are fast drying up. Strawberries poor owing to frost and 

 drought. On the whole it is a hard season. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Mansfield (Wm. C Winter). — Rose bugs are doing consider- 

 able damage to rose bushes, grape vines, etc. Corn looking fairly 

 well ; acreage about as usual. Haying just commenced ; crop 

 light on high ground, fairly good on low. Early potatoes not 

 largely grown, but acreage about as usual and crop looking fair. 

 Early market-garden crops below the average in yield and price. 

 Dairy products about as last year in quantity and price, health 

 of stock good. Pasturage needs rain, but is as yet fairly good. 

 Strawberries a light crop, and prices low ; apples about 40 per 

 cent of a full crop, pears 60 per cent, peaches 30 per cent, plums 

 20 per cent, blackberries 100 per cent, raspberries 50 per cent, 

 currants and gooseberries 80 per cent. 



Attleboroiigh (Isaac Alger). — Corn looking well, acreage about 

 as usual. Not much haying done as yet, with prospect of a small 

 crop. Acreage of early potatoes about average ; looking fairly, 

 but need rain. Early market-garden crops yielded fairly and 

 brought good prices. Dairy products and stock about as usual. 

 Pasturage in pretty fair condition. Apples do not promise much 

 of a crop, pears a full crop, strawberries about an average crop ; 

 cranberries better than last year, but not an extra large crop. 



Dighton (J. N. Paul). — Cut worms, onion maggots and cab- 

 bage maggots are the most prevalent insects. Indian corn is 

 looking well ; acreage one-half larger than last year. Haying 

 has not commenced yet ; prospect of a good crop. The acreage 

 of early potatoes is larger than usual, and the crop is suffering 

 now for want of rain. Market- garden crops are less in quantity 



