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celery raised, and few market-garden crops; the latter are in good 

 condition. Interest in ducks and geese has not increased. 



Campello (Davis Copeland). — Corn is looking fairly well. 

 Rowen Avill be a good crop. Prospect for late potatoes is good; 

 have not seen blight or rot. Fruit prospect : apples, not many ; 

 pears, poor; peaches, none; grapes, good; quinces, not many; cran- 

 berries, none raised. Pasturage is in better condition since the rains. 

 Not much oats or barley raised. Celery that was started early in 

 moist land is looking well. There lias been a slight increase in the 

 interest in the production of ducks and geese for market. 



Halifax (Mrs. G. W. Hay ward). — Corn is in extra good con- 

 dition, but rather late. There will be a fair crop of rowen. Pota- 

 toes are a good crop; no rot; not much blight. Fruit prospect: 

 apples, small yield; pears, scarce; peaches, none; grapes, good; 

 quinces, not many; cranberries, fair, some bogs were killed by the 

 frost in June. Pastures are in good condition. Condition of celery 

 and late market-garden eroi:)s is good. 



Kingston (Howard L. Baker). — Indian corn is in good con- 

 dition, — better than last year, further advanced and a bigger yield. 

 Rowen will be about a normal crop. A good crop of late potatoes 

 is expected; have not seen any blight or rot, but worms are working 

 some. Fruit prospect : apples, a fair crop ; pears, about the same 

 as usual; peaches, grapes and quinces, the same as usual; cran- 

 berries, a smaller crop than usual, frosts and wireworms doing the 

 most damage. Pastures are in good condition. Not a great deal of 

 oats or barley planted; the yield was about the same as in former 

 years. Late market-garden crops and celery are in good condition. 

 Interest in ducks and geese has not increased in this town. 



Carver (J. A. Vaughan). — Condition of Indian corn is good. 

 Rowen will be an average crop. Prospect for late potatoes is good; 

 no rot and but little blight. Fruit prospect: apples, small; peai-s, 

 average; peaches, small; grapes, average; cranberries, a little better 

 than last year. Recent rains have improved the pasturage. Oats 

 and barley were average crops. There are no ducks or geese raised 

 here for market. 



Lalceville (Nathaniel G. Staples). — Corn is in fair condition. 

 Rowen will be about a normal crop. Prospect is for a fair crop of 

 late potatoes; have not seen any blight or rot. Fruit prospect: 

 apples, few; pears, few; peaches, few; grapes, good; quinces, few; 

 cranberries, extra. Pasturage is in fair condition. Oats and barley 

 were about normal crops. Condition of celery and other late market- 

 garden crops is good. Interest in ducks and geese has increased; 

 we have in this neighborhood a duck fann producing from 8,000 

 to 12,000 ducks per year. 



Maltapoisett (E. C. Stetson). — Corn is in pretty good condi- 

 tion and aTOwing fast. There will be a little rowen on new meadows 



