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crop of late potatoes is poor, but there are no signs of either blight 

 or rot. Apples are three-fourths of a crop ; pears one-half ; grapes 

 a full crop. Pastures are very poor, but the meadows are furnish- 

 ing some feed. Oats and barley were average crops for grain, but 

 with lighter straw than usual. Most farmers keep some poultry, 

 and the income from it is perhaps one-tenth that from the dairy. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 



Brockton (Davis Copeland) . — Indian corn is fairly good ex- 

 cept some pieces on dry land. Rowen is about a three-fourths 

 crop. Late potatoes are quite good on low land ; have seen very 

 little blight. Not many peaches ; prospect for other fruits good. 

 Pastures are short and dry. Not much attention is paid to poultry 

 in this neighborhood. 



Marshfield (J. H. Bourne). — Corn is a fairly good crop ; many 

 pieces suffered from the drought, but are gaining now. Rowen 

 will not be over a one-fourth crop. There is no blight or rot on 

 potatoes, but there will be only half a crop. Apples are very 

 plenty ; pears less than usual ; peaches good ; grapes and cran- 

 berries fully up to the average. Pasturage is badly dried up. 

 The drought shortened oats> and barley somewhat. Every one 

 keeps poultry, and many in large numbers ; the aggregate income 

 from this source exceeds that from the dairy. 



Kingston (G. L. Churchill). — Indian corn is a very short 

 crop. Rowen is not half a crop. Late potatoes are a very light 

 crop, with some blight. There will be an average crop of fruit. 

 Pastures are very short. Oats and barley are very short crops. 

 But little poultry is kept in this vicinity. 



Plympton (Jacob Parker) . — Corn is looking finely and is not 

 drying up. Potatoes are a short crop, but there is no blight or 

 rot. Apples plenty ; cranberries an average crop. Pasturage is 

 looking finely, on account of late rains. More attention is paid to 

 poultry than to any other department of farming. 



Halifax (Geo. W. Hatward). — Indian corn is looking well, 

 except where dry weather affected it. Very little rowen will be 

 cut in this section. Most potatoes are blighted; no rot as yet, 

 but the crop must be small. Good crop of apples ; grapes and 

 cranberries fair. There is no pasturage. Farmers pay a great 

 deal of attention to poultry, and there is much more income de- 

 rived from it than from the dairy. 



Mattapoisett (E. C. Stetson). — Indian corn is in good condi- 

 tion. There is very little if any rowen in this locality. Potatoes 

 are not a very good crop, though there is little or no blight or rot. 



