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cannot yet say as to rot. The prospect for corn is very good. 

 Fodder crops for green feeding are good. Pasturage is as good 

 as iu average seasons. Oats are grown for green feed or for hay. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Attleborough (Isaac Alger). — The prospect for rowen is good. 

 No winter apples. Potatoes are a fair crop. Corn is above an 

 average crop. Fodder crops for green feeding are in average con- 

 dition. Pasturage is above the average. Oats were a better crop 

 than last year. July and August have been unusually good grow- 

 ing mouths. 



Raynham (N. W. Shaw) . — Grub worms and potato bugs are 

 doing some damage. The prospect for rowen is very good indeed. 

 Winter apples were never poorer. Potatoes will be a very good 

 crop. The prospect is for a good crop of corn. There is more 

 rowen than usual and it is looking well. Pasturage is much better 

 than usual at this time of year. Few oats sown and those not 

 very good. 



Dighton (J. N. Paul). — The prospect for the rowen crop is 

 good. Winter apples will be a very poor crop. Potatoes promise 

 to be a full crop. The prospect is that the corn crop will be good. 

 Fodder crops for green feeding are looking well. Pasturage is in 

 good condition. 



Berkley (R. H. Babbitt). — The white grub of strawberry 

 worm is doiug some damage. Rowen promises to be a fair crop. 

 The prospect is that winter apples will be a very light crop. Pota- 

 toes promise to be about an average crop. Corn will be much be- 

 low last year's crop. A larger acreage of the various fodder crops 

 has been sown and they are looking well. Pasturage is getting 

 short in this vicinity. Oats are a lighter crop than last year. 



Dartmouth (L. T. Davis) . — Rowen promises to be a fairly 

 good crop. Winter apples will be a very poor crop in this section. 

 Potatoes have made quite a good growth, but are rotting badly on 

 some fields. Corn is looking very well and will soon be past harm 

 from frost. Fodder crops are in good condition. Pasturage still 

 holds out quite good. Oats are a somewhat better crop than last 

 year, though lodged in some places. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 



Hingham (Aaron Low) . — Rowen very good and growing 

 finely. Winter apples a very small crop. Potatoes will be a large 

 crop, although in some sections they are rotting somewhat. Corn 

 is looking very well; much fed out green. Green fodder crops 



