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twice a clay at the barn. The poultry business has fallen off some- 

 what, and the income from it is not more than one-sixth that from 

 the dairy. Tomatoes are ripening slowly, and bring a fair 

 price. Onions vary a great deal ; some fields are quite small, 

 while some others promise a good crop. Fall apples are dropping 

 quite badly, and bring a low price. 



Manchester (John Baker). — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 The prospect is that rowen will be a little below the normal. Late 

 potatoes are good with no blight. Apples are a very large crop ; 

 good crop of other fruits. Pasturage is in good condition. Oats 

 and barley are about normal crops. All farmers keep a few hens, 

 but there are no extensive henneries. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Stoughton (C. F. Curtis) . — Indian corn varies greatly, and 

 shows wide results in adjoining fields, but would average about 

 70 per cent of the normal. There is about a one-third crop of 

 rowen. Late potatoes have done well, and show no blight or rot. 

 Apples half a crop ; pears three-fourths ; peaches average ; grapes 

 a full crop ; cranberries a full crop. Pastures are just beginning 

 to revive, but are poor except on low land. The income from the 

 dairy is away ahead of that from poultry ; probably the latter 

 would be about 20 per cent of the former. 



Millis (E. F. Richardson). — Corn is a good crop. Rowen is 

 a poor crop. Blight has appeared on late potatoes, and there will 

 be a short crop. Apples and pears will be big crops ; peaches 

 and grapes fair ; no cranberries. Pastures are poor and all dried 

 up. Oats and barley were fair crops. A few farmers pay atten- 

 tion to poultry, and the income from it exceeds that from the 

 dairy in some cases. 



Medway (Monroe Morse). — Indian corn is 90 per cent of a 

 full crop. There will not be over a one-fourth crop of rowen. 

 Late potatoes promise well ; some blight, but no rot. Apples are 

 25 per cent above an average crop ; pears a full crop ; peaches a 

 one-third crop ; grapes 90 per cent. Since the rains pasturage 

 has come up to the average. Poultry raising is on the increase, 

 but I am not able to state its proportionate importance as com- 

 pared with dairying. 



Franklin (C. M. Allen). — Indian corn is looking well. 

 Rowen will be about half a crop. Late potatoes will give about 

 a three-fourths crop. There is an immense crop of apples ; pears 

 good; peaches few ; grapes fair and cranberries medium. Past- 

 urage is in poor condition. Oats and barley are 90 per cent of 



