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BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Mansfield (Wm. C. Winter), — Cut worms have been very 

 troublesome this season. Indian corn is late but is coming on 

 finely now ; little or none used for ensilage in this vicinity. 

 Quantity of the hay above average and quality excellent. Oats 

 and Hungarian grass are the principal forage crops ; oats excel- 

 lent and Hungarian rather backward. Market-garden crops are 

 generally very uneven, coming up poorly ; peas have been good ; 

 prices lower than usual. Potatoes promise well, but have not 

 been dug as yet. Apples good ; pears fair ; no peaches ; Japan 

 plums fair ; quinces fair ; grapes and cranberries small crops. 

 Pastures are in good condition as yet, but need rain. Rye, oats 

 and barley are up to the usual average. 



Attlehorough (Isaac Alger) . — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Indian corn is in good condition ; 25 per cent of the 

 crop will go into the silo. Hay is a good average crop in both 

 quantity and quality. Millet, Hungarian grass and barley are 

 the principal forage crops grown. Market-garden crops have 

 yielded fairly well and promise equally well for the future. All 

 kinds of fruit will be a small crop, except grapes. Pasturage is 

 in good condition. Rye, oats and barley are aboftt average crops. 



Norton (Wm. A. Lane). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Indian corn is looking well, though backward. The hay crop was 

 not as large as in former years, but was of good quality. Millet 

 and Hungarian grass are the principal forage crops grown. Pota- 

 toes are looking well, but blight has appeared on some fields. 

 There will be a small crop of fruit of all kinds. Pasturage is in 

 good condition for the time of year. Rye, oats and barley are 

 average crops. 



Seekonk (Fred A. Howe). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Indian corn is looking very well ; very little used for 

 ensilage. Hay was hardly an average crop in quantity, but was 

 of good quality. Barley is the principal forage crop grown. 

 Market-garden crops are looking well, with prices lower than 

 usual. Potatoes promise a fair crop. The fruit crop looks to be 

 a very poor one. Pasturage is in good condition. Rye, oats and 

 barley are about average crops. 



Westjyort (Albert S. Sherman) . — Potato bugs are the greatest 

 pest we have. Indian corn is doing well and is of good color ; 

 none will be put into the silo in this vicinity. We have a good 

 crop of excellent hay. Corn and oats are quite extensively grown 

 for forage crops ; also some millet, and all are looking well. 

 Potatoes promise well, but very few have been harvested as yet. 



