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year. Apples, pears, grapes and cranberries promise very good 

 crops ; very few peaches, plums and quinces raised. Pasturage is 

 in very good condition. Rye, oats and barley are full average 

 crops. 



Hanson (F. S. Thomas). — Squash bugs and the squash vine 

 borer are doing some damage. Indian corn is in good condition ; 

 none will be put into the silo. Hay crop extra good in both quan- 

 tity and quality. Market-garden crops are extra good. Almost 

 no apples ; few peaches; many pears, plums and grapes. Pastur- 

 age is in fine condition. 



Marshfield (J. H. Bourne) . — Potato bugs, horn flies, cut worms, 

 white grubs and squash bugs are doing some damage. Corn is 

 greatly improved and is growing finely; one-fourth will be put into 

 the silo. Hay crop a third larger than last year and of average 

 quality. Fodder corn, Hungarian grass, soja beans, oats and 

 barley, with some peas, are the principal forage crops. Early 

 potatoes show double the crop of last year with better prices ; 

 market-garden crops good. No apples ; pears, peaches and grapes 

 favorable ; cranberries looking well. Pasturage is abundant, but 

 begins to feel the effect of dry weather. Rye, oats and barley are 

 all well filled with a little less straw than usual. 



Kingston (J. H. Cushman). — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Corn is looking well, but is late. Hay is a large crop of 

 good quality. Oats, rye and millet are the principal forage crops 

 and are in good condition. Gardens are good, though sweet corn 

 is somewhat broken by the high winds ; potatoes a good crop. 

 Pears and grapes promise average crops. Pastures are getting 

 short and cows are fed some from forage. Rye and oats are heavy 

 with grain. The high winds did some damage to early fruits and 

 to grass and corn. 



Mattapoisett (A. R. Swift). — Potato bugs and white grubs are 

 doing some damage. Indian corn is in good condition ; not many 

 silos in town. The hay crop is from one-fourth to one-third larger 

 than last year and of good quality. Corn, oats and rye are the 

 principal forage crops. Market-garden crops are in good condi- 

 tion. Yield of potatoes good and prices higher than last year. 

 Off year for apples and pears. Cranberries have set well on some 

 bogs, but others are not yet out of bloom. Pastures are in good 

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



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Bourne (D. D. Nye). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Indian corn is in excellent condition ; no silos in town. Hay crop 



