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to last year's crops. Pasturage is in very good condition. Oats 

 and barley are raised for forage crops, and are looking well. 

 There are few good poultrymen among our farmers, but a few 

 make a specialty of poultry, with a very little farming. 



Mashpee (W. F. Hammond). — Corn is very backward, but is 

 improving. There will be about half a crop of rowen. Late 

 pototoes promise to yield well. Apples, pears and peaches half 

 crops ; grapes and cranberries two-thirds crops. Pastures are be- 

 low average in condition. Oats are less than an average crop. 

 There are but four of our farmers who pay any attention to poul- 

 try, and they have had very poor results this year. 



Barnstable (John Btirsley). — Corn is in very poor condition. 

 Rowen will be less than an average crop. The prospect for late 

 potatoes is fair, and no blight has been noted. Apples good ; 

 pears and peaches very light ; grapes and cranberries fair. Pas- 

 turage is in poor condition at present. Oats are more than an 

 average crop. One-fourth of our farmers give poultry the care it 

 should have for good results. 



Brewster (Thos. D. Sears). — Indian corn is very backward, 

 and there will be a small crop. The outlook is for a good crop 

 of rowen. The prospect is good for late potatoes, but there are 

 signs of rot. There will be a fair crop of apples, pears and cran- 

 berries ; not many peaches and grapes grown. Pastures are in 

 quite good condition, but rain is needed to carry them out. Oats 

 are an average crop. A very small proportion of our farmers 

 give poultry the care it should have to make a success. 



Chatham (E. Z. Ryder). — Indian corn is looking well, and 

 promises a fair crop. Rowen will give more than an average 

 crop. Late potatoes look finely, with no blight or rot. There 

 will be about an average crop of all kinds of fruit. Pasturage is 

 in better condition than for several years. Oats are an average 

 crop. Very few farmers give much time to poultry ; most of 

 them keep a flock of hens or ducks, which they give plenty of 

 corn and water, but which must otherwise shift for themselves. 



Wdlfieet (E. S. Jacobs). — Corn looks favorably, but is a little 

 backward, owing to late planting. Rowen will be a much larger 

 crop than usual. Potatoes are excellent, with no blight or rot. 

 Apples and cranberries will be the leading fruit crops in quantity 

 and quality. Pastures are looking nicely. No oats or barley are 

 grown. Not more than one-third of the care and attention is 

 given poultry that should be to warrant success. 



