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better than last year and the crop was heavier on good soil. Oats 

 and peas are raised for forage and are in good condition. Market- 

 garden crops are in poor condition ; potatoes a poorer crop than 

 usual and lower in price. Apples will be a great crop, pears fair, 

 no peaches, quinces light, grapes a great crop and also cranberries. 

 Pasturage is in pretty good condition. Eye and barley are not up 

 to average crops. Oats are an average crop. 



Randolph (R. A. Thayer). — Potato beetles are doing some 

 damage. Indian corn is very promising ; only a small portion of 

 the crop is grown for the silo. Hay was a good average crop but 

 more than usual has been injured by rain. Oats, fodder corn and 

 millet are the principal forage crops and all are in very promising 

 condition. Market-garden crops are in fine condition ; yield very 

 good but prices low. Apples, grapes and cranberries will be good ; 

 very few pears or peaches. Pasturage is fully up to the average 

 in condition. Rye, oats and barley have given, or promise, full 

 average crops. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Ea»ton (H. M. Thompson). — Corn in good condition; only a 

 small fractional part will enter the silo. Hay is an average crop 

 in quantity and quality. Oats and Hungarian grass are the prin- 

 cipal forage crops and are in good condition. Market-garden 

 crops are in good condition ; yield average with prices low. The 

 prospect is good for all kinds of fruit. Pastures are in pretty 

 poor condition. Rye, oats and barley are average crops. Haying 

 commenced the latter part of June and has continued to the pres- 

 ent time, when it is practically completed. 



Maiiffield (Wm. C. Winter). — The curculio is doing some 

 damage to fruit. Corn has been doing well but is suffering from 

 drought ; only one silo in this vicinity. Hay is about 70 per cent 

 of last year's crop in quantity and of excellent quality. Oats and 

 Indian corn are the principal forage crops and are both doing well. 

 Vegetables poor crops and prices low ; potatoes a good crop but 

 prices very low. Apples a fair crop, pears very light, no peaches, 

 quinces fair, potatoes good ; prices very low. Pastures average 

 very poor in condition. Rye, oats and barley are more than aver- 

 age crops. 



Attlebororigh (Isaac Alger) . — Corn is in good condition ; no 

 silos here. Potato bugs have done their usual amount of damage 

 but other insects are very scarce. Hay was an average crop of 

 fine quality. Corn, Hungarian grass, millet and barley are the 

 principal forage crops raised. Potatoes are looJiing finely. 

 Apples, grapes and cranberries promise good crops. Pasturage is 



