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BARNSTABLE COUNTY. . 



Bourne (D. D. Nye). — White grubs are eating potatoes badly ; 

 mostly on turf land. Indian corn is in first-rate condition ; no 

 silos in this vicinity. Hay crop about three-fourths of average and 

 quality a little off. Corn fodder, oats, millet and Hungarian grass 

 are raised for forage and are in very good condition. Potatoes are 

 doing finely except on turf land. Apples half a crop, pears half 

 a crop, scarcely any peaches, no quinces, very few grapes, cran- 

 berries looking finely. Pasturage is looking well. Oats and rye 

 are good average crops. 



Barnstable (John Bursley) . — The army worm and the white 

 grub are doing some damage. Corn looks badly, much of it being 

 worm eaten ; none will be put into the silo. Salt and fresh grass 

 is quite well gi'own but good weather is needed to secure it. Oats, 

 Hungarian grass and millet are the principal forage crops. Market- 

 garden crops are in fair condition but very few are harvested as 

 yet. Small crop of apples, pears and peaches, grapes and cran- 

 berries good. Pasturage is in good condition where grubs have 

 not worked. Rye is a good crop ; oats heavy but cut for fodder. 

 Cranberries promise an average crop. 



Deyinis (Joshua Crowell). — The army worm has done con- 

 siderable damage on late-flowed cranberry bogs, in many cases de- 

 stroying all the new growth. Other bogs are looking well and the 

 crop promises to be about an average one. Potatoes are being 

 damaged by the white grub. Corn is in very good condition ; very 

 little goes into the silo. Hay below the average in quantity but of 

 good quality. Fodder corn is practically the only forage crop 

 raised and is in good condition. Condition of market-garden crops 

 fairly good ; yield and price about as last year. Apples a fair crop 

 and pears a small crop. Pasturage is in very good condition. 



Chatham (E. Z. Ryder). — Army worms are quite plenty in 

 some localities, but are being handled very well by ploughing 

 trenches. Corn is backward and very little will be put into the 

 silo. Haying has progressed slowly and hay cured in poor con- 

 dition owing to frequent showers ; crop smaller than in previous 

 years. Very little done in forage crops. Potatoes backward and 

 prices low. The cranberry crop promises to be large. Pasturage 

 is in an improved condition. Rye, oats and barley are rather back- 

 ward but are looking well and no doubt will yield an average crop. 



Welljieet (E. S. Jacobs). — Cabbage worms and corn worms are 

 doing some damage. No corn is raised here and there are no silos. 

 Salt hay is a small crop and fresh hay is good. The only forage 

 crop is fodder corn and it is in good condition. Market-garden 



