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some damage. Corn is growing finely and stands the drought belter 

 than any other crop. Hay was half a crop, of the best quality. Corn 

 and oats are the principal forage crops. Market-garden crops are very 

 poor; potatoes a failure; prices average. Apples, peaches and plums 

 dropping badly. Pastures look as brown as they would in winter. Rye, 

 uats and barley are not much grown and are very short in stalk. 



Mashpee (VY. F. HAMMOND). — Potato bugs and cut worms are doing 

 some damage. Indian corn is looking quite well, but will be a light 

 crop on account of dry weather. Hay is half a crop, of fair quality. 

 Oats and rye are the principal forage crops grown. All market-garden 

 crops are below the average. Apples, pears, quinces, grapes and cran- 

 berries promise well. Pasturage is below the average in condition, 

 Rye, oats and barley are about a failure. 



Barnstable (John Burslev). — Marsh flies are annoying cattle. In- 

 dian corn is in fair condition ; none for the silo. Hay was 75 per cent 

 of an average crop in quantity and No 1 in quality. No forage crops 

 sown, or if sown have failed to germinate because of extreme drought. 

 There will be very light crops of all fruits except cranberries, which 

 promise an average crop. Market-garden crops are a failure because 

 of drought. Pastures are dried up and cows are fed at the barn. Rye 

 was a fair crop and oats light. 



Orleans (F. E. Snow). — Corn has been looking well but is curling 

 badly now. The hay crop was short but of fairly good quality. Oats, 

 Hungarian grass and millet are the forage crops grown. Potatoes are 

 much injured by dry weather. Pears are looking well; apples not 

 plentiful. Pasturage is very short. Rye, oats and barley are shortened 

 by the dry weather. 



Eastham (J. A. Clark). — Hay was a light crop, of good quality. 

 Hungarian grass and Indian corn are the principal forage crops grown. 

 Market-garden crops are all dried up. The fruit crop is affected by 

 drought and will be small. Pasturage is dried up. We have been two 

 months without rain of any amount. 



DUKES COUNTY. 



West Tisbury (Geo. Hunt Luce). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Corn is beginning to curl up from drought ; we have no silos. 

 Hay was more than an average crop, of good quality. Some millet has 

 been sown for forage, but the dry weather has about ruined it. Potatoes 

 are small ; market-garden crops much damaged by drought. The pros- 

 pect for all kinds of fruit is poor. Pasturage is in poor condition. Oats 

 are about a two-thirds crop. 



NANTUCKET COUNTY. 



Nantucket (C. W. Gardner). — Potato bugs and striped squash bugs 

 are doing some damage. Drought has affected corn badly; no silos. 

 Corn and millet are the principal forage crops. Potatoes half a crop ; 

 market-garden crops good. Pasturage is very dry. Hay was about a 

 two-thirds crop, of very good quality. 



