Richmond. — Corn is late for this time of year. Potatoes are 

 rotting badly. The hay crop met expectations in quantity and 

 quality. It has rained the last few days and damaged quantities 

 of hay and flooded low meadows. Oats are rusting badly. Poor 

 prospect for a crop of early market apples. 



M. W. Coleman. 



Windsor. — Outlook good for a corn crop. Small fruits have 

 been satisfactory in yield and price. Potatoes are rotting some 

 and are blasting quite badly. The hay crop met expectations in 

 quantity and quality. We have had very poor weather for haying 

 on account of frequent rains. Prospect not very good for a crop 

 of early market apples. 



H. A. Ford. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Dartmouth. — Outlook for corn not as good as it was a month 

 ago. Small fruits have not been satisfactory in yield and price. 

 Potatoes are rotting very badly. The hay crop met expectations 

 in quantity but not in quality. Fair prospect for a crop of early 

 market apples. Rowen has started well but it is too wet to make 

 a good growth. Pastures have a good growth, but the feed is poor 

 and makes but very little milk. 



L. T. Davis. 



New Bedford. — Not a very good outlook for corn. Small 

 fruits have not been satisfactory in yield and price. Potatoes 

 have blighted badly and the crop will be light. Both rot and scab 

 have appeared. Hay crop met expectations in quantity but not in 

 quality. Fair prospect for a crop of early market apples. July 

 was very wet and cloudy and rowen is looking unusually well. 



G. A. Potter. 



Somerset. — Outlook good for a corn crop. Small fruits have 

 been satisfactory in price but not in yield. The hay crop met 

 expectations in quantity and quality. Outlook poor for a crop of 

 early market apples. The potato blast extends over the entire 

 area of southern Massachusetts. Sprouted potatoes were the first 

 to be affected, many fields not being worth digging. The later 

 planted potatoes are not as badly affected. It is feared the recent 

 heavy rains will cause them to rot badly, as rot is almost certain 

 to follow blast. 



Joseph Gibbs. 



