21 



Late-planted corn looks well. Pasturage all dried up. Oat crop 

 a fair average. Only two showers since July 5. 



Wareham (A. Savary) , — Span worm and cabbage worm doing 

 the most damage. No rowen except on very low land. Potatoes 

 a very small crop. Corn a small crop. Pasturage very poor 

 through August. Oat crop about au average. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



MasJipee (W. F. Hammond). — Fire worms doing most damage. 

 Prospect for rowen poor. Apples one-third of a crop. Corn and 

 potatoes about half a crop. Pasturage in very poor condition. 

 Oats about au average crop. 



Falmouth (D. R. Wicks). — Very little rowen. What few 

 apples there are are mostly Baldwins. Potatoes about half a 

 crop. Both sweet and field corn a fair crop. Pasturage now 

 begins to look well. The tomato worm causes much rot in the 

 fruit. Early and late corn has been much infested by a worm on 

 the ears. Melons are looking well. 



Dermis (Joshua Crowell) . — No rowen. Potatoes about an 

 average crop. Corn looking well. Pasturage very short. Cran- 

 berries have suffered very much from drought in some localities. 



Bretoster (J. H. Clark). — The cranberry worm is doing most 

 damage. Prospect for rowen poor. Apple crop does not promise 

 as well as last month. Potatoes promise very fairly. Corn is a 

 good crop. Pasturage very poor, except on low ground. Oat crop 

 about as last year. 



DUIvES COUNTY. 

 West Tisbury (Wm. J. Rotch). — Rowen a total failure because 

 of drought. Apples a small crop. Potatoes a fair crop. Corn 

 not up to the average. Pasturage suffering severely from drought. 

 Oats not an average crop. Little rain fell from July 3 to August 

 26. 



NANTUCKET COUNTY. 



Nanhicket (C. W. Gardner) . — No rowen on account of drought. 

 Potatoes aljout half a crop. Cofn generally not more than half a 

 crop. Pasturage in very poor condition. Most crops are a failure 

 because of drought. The recent rain may help out the turnip crop 

 but the chances are poor. 



