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Attlehorovrjh (Isaac Alger). — Hay crop fifteen per cent bet- 

 ter than last year. Early potatoes are below the average. Pros- 

 pect of a small crop of late potatoes and apples. Pastures are 

 drying up very fast. Little rain has fallen since July o. Day 

 after day of burning sun has completely changed the favorable 

 outlook of last month to a very unfavorable outlook for this month. 



Raynliam (N. W. Shaw). — Rose bugs have nearly ruined 

 grapes and many other things by their ravages. Hay ci'op larger 

 than last year, and on the whole perhaps as good. Early potatoes 

 have not yielded well ; price very low, about 60 cents per bushel. 

 Too dry for late potatoes. Most all kinds of apples have fallen 

 off badly. Rye crop an average one. For the last three weeks 

 no rain to speak of has fallen, and consequently everything is suf- 

 fering. 



Somerset (Joseph Gibbs). — The hay crop was secured in fine 

 condition and the quality will be good. The potato crop will not 

 be on the whole as good as last year. Apples will be a short 

 crop. Pears three-fourths of a crop. Corn is making good 

 growth where not affected by drought. Rye is an unusually 

 heavy crop. 



Dartmouth (L. T. Davis). — Quantity of hay rather less than 

 last year, but quality first class. Early potatoes not dug yet, but 

 promise finely. Apple crop will be poor in this section. Pastur- 

 age poor. On slightly moist land the corn crop is looking finely ; 

 on other land it looks well but rolls some. 



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Marshfield (G. J. Peterson) . — Rose bugs are quite plenty, 

 and have done some damage. Hay crop about an average and of 

 excellent quality. Heavy crops of hay have been secured on por- 

 tions of the dike lands. Early potatoes are a failure on uplands. 

 Late potatoes promise to be good on low lands, but on high a 

 failure. Apples are falling off badly. Pastures are burned up. 

 Rye crop an average. Frost on the morning of the 7th. 



Kingston (J. H. Cushman). — Hay crop fully equal to last year 

 and of better quality. Early potatoes have been very good, and 

 selling at an average price of $1 per bushel. Owing to dry weather 

 late potatoes are very small. Apple crop promises to be about as 

 large as last year. Pastures very dry. Rye crop fully as good as 

 last year. The ground has not been wet since July 3. 



Halifax (G. W. Hayward). — Hay of excellent quality and of 

 average quantity. Early potatoes yielded very poorly ; $1 per 

 bushel has been the price. There are but few apples in this 

 vicinity. There is no feed in the pastures. We are having a 



