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usual and of good quality- Very few crops are raised for forage. 

 Those market-gardeu crops which are harvested have not yielded 

 well and prices are low. Apples are dropping off, peaches good, 

 plums plenty and grapes looking well. Pasturage is in very good 

 condition. Rye, oats and barley are about average crops. Hay- 

 ing is not yet finished owing to the rainy weather ; some has lain 

 out for a week on account of the rains and is much injured. 



Dartmouth (L. T. Davis). — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Corn is very good but a little backward ; about three-fourths 

 of the crop will go into the silo. Hay is more than au average 

 crop and most of it is of good quality. Corn, barley aud oats 

 and peas are the principal forage crops. Market-garden crops are 

 about average in yield and price. Apples not half a crop, pears 

 three-fourths, peaches half a crop, plums full crop, quinces three- 

 fourths and grapes a full crop. Pasturage is still very good. 

 Rye, oats and barley are about normal crops. Hay is mostly 

 secured in fair condition. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 



Hingham (Aaron Low). — Potato bugs and yellow squash bugs 

 are doing some damage. Corn has grown well lately but was very 

 backward the first of the season. The hay crop was very large but 

 of rather poor quality. Corn and Hungarian grass are the princi- 

 pal forage crops raised. Peas have produced largely, prices low ; 

 potatoes good ; cabbages doing nicely. Not many apples, pears 

 fair, peaches and plums dropping badly. Pasturage is in good 

 condition. Rye, oats and barley are very heavy crops. The army 

 worm has not made its appearance as yet. 



y/est Bridgewater (F. E. Howard). — Potato bugs are doing 

 some damage. Indian corn is looking quite well considering its 

 backward start ; half the crop will go into the silo. The quantity 

 of hay is enormous ; the quality would be better if the quantity 

 were less. Hungarian grass and fodder corn are the principal 

 forage crops and are in fair condition. Market-garden crops are 

 quite good ; potatoes a good yield, prices low. Apples poor, some 

 pears, no peaches ; plums, quinces, grapes and cranberries about 

 average. Pasturage is in first-rate condition. Rye, oats and 

 barley are about normal crops. 



Hanover (H. L. House). — Cut worms are doing some damage. 

 Corn is in very good condition ; a very small part will be put into 

 the silo. Hay crop very heavy and generally of good quality. 

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

 garden crops are very good, yield and price being about as last 



