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BaynJiam (N. W. Shaw). — Corn is in very good conclition. 

 Rowen will not be as good a crop as in many years. Potatoes are 

 araedinm crop ; blight is quite prevalent. Apples a large crop, no 

 pears or peaches, grapes fair, cranberries good. The dry weather 

 and the white grub have injured pastures very much. The white 

 grub has also done much damage to strawberry fields and in some 

 pieces more than half the plants are destroyed. Oats and barley 

 are fairly good crops where raised. In many cases the income from 

 poultry keeping is fully as much as that from the dairy. 



Dighton (J. N. Paul). — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 Rowen promises to be a good crop. No late potatoes grown here. 

 Apples good, grapes good, no pears or peaches. Pastures need 

 rain. Much attention is paid to poultry, and the income from this 

 source is as large as that derived from the dairy. Straw- 

 berry vines are looking well, and the acreage is larger than last 

 year. 



Westport (A. S. Sherman). — Corn never looked better than 

 now. Rowen is very good, better than we have had for many 

 years. Potatoes turn out well; some rot, though not bad. Apples 

 good, pears rather scarce, no peaches, grapes plenty and cranber- 

 ries a good crop. Pasturage is in very good condition. Oats were 

 never better, but the army worm destroyed many fields. There is 

 not much done here wuth poultry. Milk is the principal product, 

 paying the farmers better than anything else they can engage 

 in. 



FairJiaven (F. C. Lyon). — Indian corn is in good condition, 

 though there has been more injury from insects than usual. More 

 rowen will be cut this year than in any former year. Potatoes 

 have blighted early, are rotting, and the prospect is poor. Apples 

 will be a fair crop, pears good, no peaches, grapes good. Past- 

 urage is in good condition. Oats were a good crop. The propor- 

 tion of the income derived from poultry to that derived from the 

 dairy would be one-fourth. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 

 West Bridgeicater (F. E. Howakd). — Indian corn is in first- 

 class condition. Rowen is in good condition and promises better 

 than last year. Potatoes will be a smaller crop than last year ; no 

 blight or rot. Prospect for grapes and cranberries good ; for 

 pears and peaches very poor. Pasturage is in good condition. 

 Oats and barley compare favorably with other years. Considerable 

 attention is paid to poultry, and I should think the income de- 

 rived from this source would be a third that derived from 

 dairying. 



