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

 generally been satisfactory in yield and price. Considerable rot 

 has appeared in potatoes, and the crop will not be much more than 

 half of last year's crop. The hay crop met expectations in quan- 

 tity and quality. Short crop of early market apples. The weather 

 has been too wet and hot for the potato and onion crops. 



J. E. ESTABROOKS. 



DUKES COUNTY. 



Chi I mark. — Outlook good for a corn crop. The hay crop 

 exceeded expectations in quantity and quality. There are no 

 early market apples. Rot has struck some fields of potatoes, and 

 there are fears of a loss of the crop. 



B. T. Hillman. 



ESSEX COUNTY. 



Haverhill. — Outlook good for a corn crop. Small yield of 

 small fruits, but prices were good. Have observed some rot in 

 potatoes, but not much. The hay crop met expectations in quan- 

 tity and quality. Most of the English hay has been secured, but 

 not much meadow hay on account of the wet weather. There will 

 be about half a crop of early market apples. 



E. Webster. 



Ipswich. — Outlook good for a corn crop. Yield of small fruits 

 small ; prices good. No rot in potatoes in this vicinity yet, 

 though all fear the wet weather will produce it. Quantity of hay 

 above the average; quality below. July 17 a hail storm in the 

 eastern part of the town riddled the corn leaves, broke off the 

 bean pods, and knocked the cranberries from the vine to such an 

 extent that one party who was calculating on a crop of two hun- 

 dred barrels of cranberries will not get more than fifty. An ex- 

 traordinary amount of rain fell the past month. Low grass lands 

 are flooded, and a large amount of meadow hay damaged. 



O. C. Smith. 



Marblehead. — The continued wet weather has greatly retarded 

 haying, and nearly all that was housed the past month was dis- 

 colored. The hay crop hardly met expectations in quantity and 

 quality. A very little rot has appeared in potatoes, and scab is 

 plenty. Fair prospect for a crop of early market apples. 



W. S. Phillips, Jr. 



