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crop for years and is in excellent condition. Corn, oats and 

 Hungarian grass are the principal forage crops. Sweet corn is 

 very uneven. Potatoes are looking well. Apples are scarce, but 

 other fruits promise good crops. Pasturage is in good condition. 

 Rye, oats and barley are average crops. Prices are low for gar- 

 den truck ; not many potatoes dug as yet, quality fair. 



Manchester (John Baker). — Squash maggots, currant worms 

 and potato bugs are doing some damage. Indian corn is looking 

 well ; there are no silos in town. Hay is a good crop both in 

 quantity and quality, but it has been poor weather for harvesting. 

 Corn, rye, oats and Hungarian grass are the principal forage crops 

 and are in good condition. Market-garden crops are generally 

 fairly good, but potatoes are rather poor ; prices good. There are 

 no apples to speak of, but other fruits are good. Pastures are 

 getting a little dry. Rye, oats and barley are about normal crops. 



Danvers (C. H. Preston) . — Corn is in good condition except 

 where it did not germinate well. There is a very large crop of 

 hay of good quality. Barley, Hungarian grass and peas and oats 

 are the principal forage crops raised. Market-garden crops, in- 

 cluding potatoes, are good in yield and price. Some early apples ; 

 pears, peaches and plums plenty. Pastures are in good condition. 

 Rye, oats and barley compare well with former years. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Dedham (A. W. Cheever) . — Squash vine borers are doing 

 some damage. Corn is rather late, but is healthy except where 

 blown down and broken ; only a small proportion of the crop will 

 go into the silo. The hay crop is larger than usual and of fair 

 quality. Corn and millet are raised for forage to a limited extent 

 and are in good condition. Market-garden crops are in fair con- 

 dition, but prices are low. Prospect poor for apples, but good for 

 pears, peaches, plums, quinces and grapes. Pasturage is in good 

 condition for the season. Rye, oats and barley are raised chiefly 

 for forage, and compare favorably with the normal. 



Millis (E. F. Richardson) . — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Indian corn is in fine condition, but is very small. Hay is 

 an immense crop of good quality. Peas and oats and corn are the 

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

 crops are good, potatoes a fair yield ; prices low. Few apples, 

 but lots of pears and plums. Pasturage is in excellent condition. 

 Rye, oats and barley are more than average crops. 



Franklin (C. M. Allen) . — Nearly all kinds of insects have 

 been more plenty than usual. Much corn had to be replanted, so 



