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fall feed not as good as was expected two weeks ago. Dairying 

 has not been as profitable this year as usual. 



Hanson (Dr. F. S. Thomas). — Scarcely any Indian corn raised 

 in town. Rowen will not be an average crop. Outlook for late 

 potatoes is good. Noticed blight about the middle of August. 

 Condition of dairy stock good. Think dairying has been as profit- 

 able this year as usual. 



Marshjidd (G. J. Petekson). — Indian corn promises to bean 

 average crop although it has been somewhat injured by drought. 

 Rowen will not be an average crop. Crop of late potatoes is more 

 than an average. Have observed no blight and very little rot. 

 General condition of dairy stock is better than in former years. 



Brockton (Davis Copeland). — The outlook for Indian corn is 

 good. Rowen will hardly be an average crop as a good deal of 

 the Ih'st crop was cut late and it has been dry. Not many late 

 potatoes raised in this section. Observed blight about the 8th 

 of August. Most of the cows in this part of the State are kept 

 by men who sell their milk and are fed grain and green fodder in 

 the stable and are in good flesh. Dairying has not been as profit- 

 able this year as usual. The high price of grain, together with 

 the shortness of the feed caused by the dry weather, has made it 

 cost more than usual to make milk, while the price has been the 

 same. 



Wareham (A. Savary). — Indian corn will be almost an entire 

 failure, owing to the excessive drought. No rowen crop except on 

 very low land. Late potatoes do not promise to be so good a crop 

 as the early planted. Have observed no blight or rot. Dairy stock 

 is generally in good condition though suffering somewhat for want 

 of pasturage. This year has been about an average for profit in 

 dairying. The drought has been the most serious we have had in 

 this vicinity for many years. Have had no rain of any conse- 

 quence since April. Summer showers have passed on each side of 

 this town. All late crops are an entire failure, with the exception 

 of cranberries, which in this town, Carver and Plymouth, look well, 

 better than further down on the Cape. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 

 Sandioich (J. R. Holway). — Indian corn will not be over three- 

 fifths of an average crop. There will be no rowen except on low 

 meadows. Outlook for late potatoes good. Have observed blight 

 on a few pieces, but little or no rot. Cows have shrunk in milk 

 earlier in the season than usual and farmers have had to feed in the 

 barn all summer. Dairying has not been as profitable this year as 

 usual as pastures are short, grain high, and the price of butter 



