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It looks now as if we would have an average crop of apples, pears, 

 grapes and cranbeirries. Pasturage is good. Considering the season 

 all grain is doing well. There are no silos in this locality. 



Truro (John B. Dyer). — There are no unusual insects in this 

 town. Indian corn is not much raised and none is grown for en- 

 silage. The fresh hay crop was good, though affected slightly by 

 dry weather. Some corn fodder is being raised as a forage crop. 

 All crops have suffered on the uplands from drought. Market-gar- 

 den crops on low lands are in good condition, and have also been good 

 in yield and price. Fruit prospects: apples not very good; cran- 

 berries promise well; other fruits above average. Pastures are very 

 dry. On July 21 we had the first good rain for seven weeks, which 

 has improved the gTowth of all crops. Very little rye, oats and 

 barley are raised here. Old orchards have been extended; some new 

 ones started; acreage not large. None of the dairy farmers make 

 use of the silo. 



Wellfleet (E. Jacobs). — No insects are proving very trouble- 

 some here. Indian corn is very small. Fresh hay is about an 

 average; salt or black grass is above the average. Some millet is 

 raised as a forage crop and is an average. Market-garden crops are 

 very poor on account of drought. Fruit prospect: apples a fair 

 crop; peaches, pears, plums and quinces rather below the average. 

 Pastures are in very poor condition. Very few new trees have been 

 set in this town. The dairy farmers in this section do not make use 

 of the silo. 



West Falmouth (D. R. Wicks). — Potato beetles are proving most 

 injurious. Corn is growing fast where the land is not too dry. The 

 hay crop will be normal as compared with former years. Com, 

 wheat and oats are gi-own as forage crops. Early potatoes have 

 blighted; the late ones are looking better, with prices higher. Fruit 

 prospect: apples a small crop; pears normal; peaches and plums 

 scarce; grapes plenty. Pasturage is in very poor condition, being 

 all ' burnt up by the drought. Rye, oats and barley are a normal 

 crop as compared with former years. Not quite an acre of new 

 apple trees have been planted. Only three dairy farmers in Fal- 

 mouth make use of the silo and in "West Falmouth none. 



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West Tishury (Geo. Hunt Luce). — Potato beetles are proving 

 most troublesome here. Indian corn is doing well. The hay crop is 

 better than last year, but not up to the average of former years; 

 quality is excellent. Oats and fodder are raised as forage crops, 

 and those planted early are in fair condition, while those planted 

 late are poor. Market-garden crops were much injured by the 



