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thau last year, but weakening. Pasturage excellent. Straw- 

 berry vines seldom looked better, but the fruit ripens slowly and 

 the yield is disappointing. Much more sweet corn is planted 

 this year than usual, both to mature and for fodder. 



Medivay (Monroe Morse). — Rose bugs and potato bugs are 

 doing the most damage. Indian corn is looking well ; think there 

 is some increase in acreage. Very little grass cut ; crop estimated 

 as eighty per cent of a full crop. Potatoes looking well ; acreage 

 about an average. Think the dairy yield less than in the years 1890 

 and 1891. Pastures in very fair condition. Strawberry crop 

 limited ; raspberries nearly all winter-killed ; currants and black- 

 berries good. 



Franklin (C. M. Allen). — Rose bugs are doing the most 

 damage. Indian corn backward, but coming on very fast ; acreage 

 larger than usual. But little hay cut ; promises a full average crop. 

 Dairy products a full average. Strawberries good ; blackberries 

 fine ; raspberries badly winter-killed ; currants, a smaller crop than 

 usual, but very large. Less acreage of early potatoes ; backward 

 and slim. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Manfifield (D. E. Harding). — Indian corn looking fairly well ; 

 acreage varies but little from other seasons. Bad weather keeps 

 haying back ; crop better than the average. Early potatoes promise 

 a good crop ; acreage not as large as last year. Pears light ; straw- 

 berries abundant, and other small fruits a fair average. On the 

 whole, it seems to be more than an average season, and our farmers 

 express themselves as well satisfied with the outlook. 



Auleboj'ough (Isaac Alger). — Indian corn excellent; acreage 

 same as last year. No mowing done yet ; prospect for hay crop good . 

 Average acreage of early potatoes, and promise of a full average 

 crop. Pasturage good. Strawberries have not come up to early 

 expectations. On the whole, the outlook is very promising. Fre- 

 quent showers have kept the ground in good condition for plant 

 growth. 



Berkley (R. H. Babbitt) . — Potato bugs and rose bugs are doing 

 the most damage. Indian corn is looking well, with about the 

 same acreage as last year. Haying just commenced, with the 

 prospect of a fair crop. Acreage of early potatoes smaller than in 

 previous years ; crop looking well. Dairy products about as last 

 year. Pasturage very good. Strawberries, our principal small 

 fruit crop, have been a failure so far as profit goes, because of dry 

 weather in early part of June. Late berries very abundant. 



Somerset (Joseph Gibbs). — Orchards are being injured by 

 canker worms. Corn proaiises a full crop ; acreage one-tenth 



