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good if they do not rot, but blight has appeared. Very few apples ; 

 fair crop of pears ; no peaches. Pastures are in good couditiou. 

 Most of our farmers have more or less poultry, with good results. 



Kingston (Geo L. Churchill). — Indian corn is a very light 

 crop. Roweu is a fair crop, and on low meadows about an average 

 one. Potatoes look fairly well, but show some blight. There will 

 be a small crop of apples ; no peaches ; grapes scai'ce ; cranberries 

 a medium crop. Pastures are in very fair condition. Oats and 

 barley little raised. Very few of our farmers keep much poultry. 



Plympton (Winthrop Fillebrown) . — This has been rather a 

 poor season for corn, and it did not ear out well. There will be 

 an unusual crop of rowen. Where late potatoes were sprayed, 

 there will be a good crop ; but blight and rot are troubling other 

 fields. There will be few apples ; a good crop of pears ; few 

 peaches. Cranberry bogs that were flowed during the spring frosts 

 have an excellent crop. Pasturage is in very fair condition. Oats 

 and barley are of better quality than usual. About 75 per cent of 

 the farmers that keep any amount of poultry care for them intel- 

 ligently. 



Lakeville (N. G. Staples). — Indian corn is two or three weeks 

 late. Rowen promises about a normal crop. Potatoes are turning 

 out well, but show some blight and rot. Pears are a fair crop ; 

 grapes fair ; cranberries fair. Pasturage is in a little better con- 

 dition than commonly. Oats and barley are about average crops. 

 About 5 per cent of our farmers give poultry the care it should 

 have for good results. 



Rochester (Geo. H. Randall) . — Corn has made a rapid growth, 

 but is somewhat backward for this date. Rowen is about an aver- 

 age crop. Late potatoes give a good yield, but blight is quite 

 general. Cranberries are half a crop ; apples one-fourth ; pears a 

 full crop ; very few peaches and grapes. Pastures are in better 

 condition than usual for August. Oats and barley are less than 

 average crops. The care of poultry is neglected by most farmers, 

 especially through the hot weather, when other things are pressing. 



Wareham (A. B. Savary). — Corn is a good crop. There will 

 be a normal crop of rowen. The prospect is good for late pota- 

 toes, and neither blight nor rot has api)eared. The prospect is 

 poor for all kinds of fruit. Pasturage is in fair condition. Oats 

 and barley are not raised except for forage. Not over 5 per cent 

 of our farmers give poultry the care it should have for good results. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 

 Bourne (D. D. Nye). — Indian corn is in very good condition. 

 Rowen is good as compared with a normal crop. No late potatoes 

 are grown. Apples, pears, grapes and cranberries are nearly up 



