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it is very backward, but is growing fast and may be nearly an 

 average crop. Hay was a very lieavy crop, but was damaged more 

 than ordinarily by bad weather. Corn is the principal forage crop 

 with some barley ; condition second rate. Market-garden crops 

 and potatoes are not up to the average. Apples half a crop ; 

 pears, peaches and plums full crops ; grapes nearly a full crop. 

 Pasturage is in fine condition. Rye, oats and barley are good 

 crops, but somewhat damaged by wet weather. 



Norfolk (G. E. Holbrook). — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Corn is very small and backward, but is doing better now ; 

 mostly raised for grain. Hay is more than an average crop. Mil- 

 let, Hungarian grass and sweet corn are the principal forage crops, 

 and all show the effects of cold nights. Market-garden crops good, 

 and potatoes a nice crop. All fruits will be good with the ex- 

 ception of apples, which will be light. Pasturage is in very good 

 condition. Very little rye, oats aad barley raised except for 

 forage, but they are looking well. The town has lost from last 

 year sixty-one milch cows and twenty-one other cattle ; cause, 

 tuberculosis and the low price of milk. 



Wrentham (Thomas Breen). — Potato bugs, squash bugs and 

 rose bugs are doing some damage. Corn is in good condition ; 

 the proportion put into the silo will be small. Hay is a full crop 

 of good quality. Potatoes do not promise well, but market-garden 

 crops are very good. Apples will be half a crop, pears a full crop, 

 grapes plenty, other fruits not much raised. Pasturage is in good 

 condition. Rye, oats and barley are full average crops. 



Sharon (H. L. Naramore) . — Cut worms are doing some dam- 

 age. Corn has made great improvement and is now in good con- 

 dition, but is troubled by the corn worm. The hay crop is the 

 largest and best for ten years at least. Market-garden crops are 

 in good condition and prices are about as in the last three years. 

 Prospect poor for all fruit except pears which will yield about an 

 average with other years. Pasturage is excellent as compared 

 ■with other years, but is always poor in this section. Rye, oats 

 and barle}^ are little raised, but are below the average. 



Randolph (R. A. Thayer). — Potato bugs and cutworms are 

 doing some damage. Corn is in fine condition and 90 per cent of 

 the crop will go into the silo. Hay is a very large crop of good 

 average quality. Fodder corn, millet and barley are the principal 

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

 have made very large yields with very low prices except for pota- 

 toes. Apples very small crop, pears and grapes average, others 

 little raised. Pastures are very good for the time of year. Rye, oats 

 and barley have made very large growth ; used entirely for forage. 



