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is some blight on potatoes. Apples and peaches are poor and 

 pears fair. Pastures are in good condition. Oats and barley are 

 not raised for grain. 



Bridgeicater (R. Cass) . — Corn is late and has not eared as 

 heavily as common. Rowen is full 50 per cent heavier than 

 usual. Late potatoes are lighter than was expected, with some 

 blight and rot. Apples poor, pears plenty ; some peaches, grapes 

 and cranberries. Pasturage is generally good. Oats and barley 

 are heavier than last year. Our farmers simply keep a few hens 

 for home use, with an occasional sale, but several in this locality 

 make a business of poultry. 



Pembrolce (Nathaniel Morton). — Indian corn is a fairly 

 good crop, with small acreage. Rowen is better than usual, owing 

 to frequent rains. There is some blight on potatoes, but it is not 

 serious. No apples, pears abundant, few peaches, grapes medium 

 and cranberries good. Pasturage is in very good condition. The 

 income from poultry is greater than that from the dairy. 



Plympton (Jacob Parker). — Indian corn is in good condition 

 and is a heavy crop. There will be more rowen than in former 

 years. The potato crop is a failure. There is a great cranberry 

 crop. Pasturage is in good condition. More poultry is raised 

 than anything else, and the income from it is greater than that 

 from any other source. 



Lakeville (Elbridge Cdshman) . — Corn is a good crop and 

 fully up to the average for the season. Rowen never was better. 

 Potatoes good in yield and quality, but just commencing to rot. 

 No apples, pears good, peaches fair, grapes good and cranberries 

 average. Pastures are in very good condition indeed. Oats and 

 barley are good crops. The income from poultry is greater than 

 that from the dairy. 



Wareham (A. B. Savary). — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 Rowen is more than an average crop. Late potatoes look well. 

 Few apples, pears or peaches ; grapes good and cranberries fair. 

 Pasturage is in excellent condition. There is not much attention 

 paid to poultry, though there is an excellent market during the 

 summer months for both chickens and eggs. Winter squashes are 

 suffering from the squash-vine borer. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Sandwich (J. R. Holway). — Indian corn is in excellent con- 

 dition. Rowen is more than an average crop. Potatoes are a fair 

 crop, with but little blight and no rot. Apples and grapes poor, 

 pears and peaches fair, cranberries about 50 per cent of last year's 



