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eral condition of dairy stock is good and I think that dairying has 

 been as profitable this j^ear as usual. Have not seen potatoes and 

 vegetables so abundant for ten years. Trees are loaded with pears 

 and all fruits except apples. Apples are not so plenty. 



Swanzey (F. G. Arnold) . — Corn has suffered much from dry 

 weather. Think it about two-thirds of a crop. Do not know of 

 any rowen in town. Late potatoes are blighted and are a very 

 light crop. Blight appeared the last week in July. There is some 

 rot on low land. General condition of dairy stock is very good. 

 Grain is so high and grass and water so scarce that milk costs 

 about all it sells for. Dairying has not been as profitable this 

 year as usual. 



Dighton (A. W. Paul). — Indian corn promises to be a very 

 good crop. Rowen will not be an average crop. Outlook for 

 late potatoes unusually good. Noticed a very little blight the last 

 of July. Dairy stock about an average in condition. Dairying 

 has not been as profitable this year as usual because of the high 

 price of grain. Potatoes rule at about fifty cents per bushel. Toma- 

 toes are rotting worse than usual, at least three-fourths being dis- 

 eased with a black rot. This is a serious matter to our farmers 

 who raise them largely for our canning factory. We are now hav- 

 ing fine rains. 



Berkley (R. H. Babbitt). — Think the corn crop will fall short 

 of an average, owing to dry weather. Rowen is a failure here. 

 Hardly any late potatoes are planted here. Have observed no 

 blight but some fields seem to be badly affected with rot. The 

 dry weather has caused the cows to fall off in milk rapidly of late, 

 compelling farmers to feed from the barn as in winter. Do not 

 think dairj'ing has been as profitable this year as usual. 



Westport (A. S. Sherman). — Outlook for Indian corn fair 

 though it is somewhat injured by drought. Rowen crop almost 

 a total failure. Outlook for late potatoes very good. Have 

 observed very little rot. Dairy stock is looking well. Dairying 

 has been as profitable this year as usual. The drought is doing a 

 great deal of damage. There is scarcely any feed for cows, caus- 

 ing a small flow of milk, which is a serious matter to us as this is 

 a milk producing vicinity and we do not sell butter or cheese. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 

 Lakeville (Elbridge Cushman). — The outlook for Indian corn 

 is above that of the average season. Rowen will not be an aver- 

 age crop. There is general complaint that late potatoes are rot- 

 ting. The rot commenced in most fields about August L5. Dairy 

 stock is not up to the average in condition, pastures are short, and 



