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low; potatoes very small and are drying up. Fruit prospects in 

 general are very poor. Pastures are pretty well dried up. Rye, 

 oats and barley are light on account of drought. Five silos will be 

 filled this year; ten years ago three were fiUed. We have had no 

 rain here since May 30, and many farmers are feeding hay as freely 

 as in the winter. 



Westport (Albert S. Sherman). — Very few insects at present, 

 but the fall web worm is making its appearance. Corn is doing well, 

 but very little is grown for ensilage. The hay crop is short, but the 

 quality is very good. Corn is raised as a forage crop and is looking 

 good. Potatoes have been injured by the drought and none have 

 been harvested yet. Pears and grapes will be plenty; apples not so 

 plenty as last year, as they are falling badly ; peaches few. Pastures 

 are very poor, with no feed except on low land. Rye and oats are 

 in good condition. Only a few sUos are used in this vicinity and the 

 number is not on the increase. The recent rains have helped aU 

 crops immensely. 



Acushnet (M. S. Douglass). — Cutworms are doing more damage 

 than any other insect. Indian corn is very backward, as the weather 

 has been too dry. One-third of the crop is used for silos. The 

 quality of the hay crop is excellent, but the crop is not up to the 

 average in quantity. Millet is grown as a forage crop, but is very 

 backward. Potatoes will be a short crop on account of dry weather, 

 with good prices. There wiU be a good crop of early apples; late 

 apples not doing as well ; pears a fair crop and peaches scarce. Pas- 

 tures are very short. Rye a normal crop, with oats about two-thirds. 

 Quite a number of young apple trees have been set. Nearly all 

 dairy farmers have put in silos; ten years ago there was only one 

 in town. It has been exceedingly dry, but the rain of the 21st has 

 helped everything very much. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 



Norwell (Henry A. Turner). — Potato bugs are proving most 

 troublesome. Indian corn looks well; a very small proportion is 

 used for ensilage. The quantity and quality of the hay crop are 

 about normal as compared with former years. Market-garden crops 

 have suffered from drought. No potatoes harvested yet. The pros- 

 pect for fruits is about normal except for pears, peaches and cran- 

 berries. The dry weather has affected hilly tracts of pasture land. 

 Rye, oats and barley not raised much. Very few new apple orchards 

 have been set. There are very few silos in this vicinity. Corn is 

 about the only crop used for ensilage. 



West Bridgewater (Clinton P. Hatwaed). — Tent caterpillars in 

 the orchards and brown-tail moths in the oak groves are doing most 



