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usual amount of fall seeding has been done and it is in fair condi- 

 tion. Potatoes are less than a normal crop. The apples blown 

 from the trees by the gale of the 12th cannot be disposed of. 

 Pears, peaches, plums and grapes have turned out well. 



Norfolk (Geo. E. Holbrook). — About an average crop of corn 

 was raised. Rowen and fall feed are not over 50 per cent of the 

 average in condition. Very little fall seeding has been done. 

 Onions are a good crop. Potatoes are not over half a crop and the 

 tubers are small. Fifty per cent of the apple crop was lost by the 

 gale, and the windfalls are only used for feeding stock. 



Foxborough (E. A. Morse). — Corn is an average crop. Rowen 

 and fall feed are not over one-fourth of the usual average. Very 

 little fall seeding has been done, but farmers are seeding since the 

 rains. Potatoes are not more than half a crop, of fine qualitys 

 Apples were a large crop ; the gale took half of them, and most 

 of the windfalls are being made into cider. Pears are a full crop ; 

 plums the same ; grapes very few ; cranberries about a two-thirds 

 crop. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Mansfield (Wm. C. Winter) — Corn is so much damaged by the 

 gale that it is impossible to give the result, but it would have been 

 about normal but for that. Pastures are very poor and there is no 

 rowen worth mentioning. Very little fall seeding has been done 

 and that looks very poorly. Potatoes are somewhat below the 

 average in yield but of good quality. Root crops, celery and cab- 

 bages are very poor. Fall apples have been plenty ; winter apples 

 about one-third crop, gale shaking off 50 per cent of them ; wind- 

 falls generally left on the ground, though some are used for cider 

 for vinegar. Three-fourths of the pears were lost in the gale ; 

 peaches and plums poor ; grapes fair. 



Easton (H. M. Thompson). — Indian corn is not quite an 

 average crop, owing to the extreme drought. Rowen on low land 

 is an average crop, but on uplands was not worth cutting. Fall 

 seeding is late, owing to the disposition of farmers to wait for 

 more moisture in the ground. Onions are a fair crop. Potatoes 

 are not quite up to the average in yield. The prospect for root 

 crops, celery and other late market-garden crops is not very en- 

 couraging. The apple crop promised well, but during the dry 

 spell many dropped from the trees and the gale did the rest ; cider 

 is being made from the windfalls, only a few being gathered for 

 eating and marketing purposes. Pears, plums and grapes bore 

 abundantly ; peaches and cranberries were lighter. 



SeeJconlc (Fred A. Howe). — Corn is fully an average crop. 

 Rowen and fall feed are not up to the usual average. Not as 



