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less than one-fourth to ripen. A full average hay crop will be 

 secured. Rye is cut for early feed ; oats, barley, peas and Hun- 

 garian grass are all grown for forage ci'ops ; corn is the best green 

 crop in its season. Potatoes are looking well, but few have been 

 dug ; prices are high. There will be a few apples and plenty of 

 pears. Pasturage is in very good condition. Rye, oats and barley 

 are raised only for forage. 



Bridgewater {R. Cass). — Potato and squash bugs are doing 

 some damage. Indian corn is late and uneven ; none raised for 

 the silo. The hay crop will be a fair average on good land ; quality 

 good. Fodder corn, Hungarian grass and .Japanese millet are the 

 principal forage crops raised ; condition good and acreage in- 

 creased. Market-garden crops are below the normal in condition ; 

 potatoes good. The prospect for fruit is poor. Rye and oats are 

 good average crops. 



Carver (J. A. Vaughan). — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Hay is a good average crop and was secured in good order. 

 Millet and Hungarian grass are the principal forage crops grown 

 and show a larger acreage than usual. Market-garden crops are 

 in average condition. Owing to late spring frosts there are fewer 

 apples than usual, no peaches and but few grapes. Pasturage is 

 in good condition. Rye, oats and barley are average crops, both 

 for grain and forage. Cranberries have not blossomed well, owing 

 we believe to late frosts in May, and the crop will not be large. 



Mattapoisett (E. C. Stetson). — Potato and squash bugs are 

 doing some damage. Where Indian corn came up it is looking 

 well ; no silos in this section. The hay crop is larger than for a 

 number of years; quality good. Fodder corn and millet are the 

 principal forage crops grown ; condition good, with about the usual 

 acreage. Market-garden crops are in good condition and prices 

 are a little better than usual. Not many apples ; pears good ; not 

 many peaches, plums or quinces; cranberries blossomed well. 

 Pastures are in very good condition. Rye, oats and barley are 

 about average crops. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 

 Bourne (D, D. Nye). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Indian corn is in very good condition ; no silos in town. The hay 

 crop is about half a normal crop and is equal to last year in 

 quality. Fodder corn, millet and Hungarian grass are the principal 

 forage crops grown. Market-garden crops are in good condition; 

 very few potatoes harvested. Cranberries promise about an aver- 

 age crop ; tree fruits very scarce ; apples dropping. Pasturage is 



