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Medway (Monroe Morse). — Potato bugs are doiug the most 

 damage ; honey bees do much injury to raspberries. Hay about 

 80 per cent of a full crop, and the quality good. Corn about 20 

 per cent off in condition. Fodder corn, millet and barley are be- 

 ing raised to supplement the hay ci'op. Market garden crops are 

 very poor indeed. Apples good ; pears fair ; peaches one-fifth 

 crop ; grapes good. Pastures are badly burned. Rye was good ; 

 oats and barley grown only for fodder. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Attleborottgh (Isaac Alger). — Corn is in good condition; no 

 silos. Hay was an average crop of extra quality. Corn, Hun- 

 garian and barley are raised to supplement the hay crop ; condi- 

 tion good. Potatoes on high dry land are small ; on moist land 

 fair. Apples, pears and grapes promise a fair crop ; peaches and 

 cranberries a very small crop. Pastures are short. Rye, oats and 

 barley are average crops. 



Raynham (N. W. Shaw). — All insects are numerous. Corn 

 is not up to former years ; none will be used for ensilage. Hay 

 about an average crop ; quality above average. Fodder corn is 

 the principal forage crop; condition good. Market garden crops 

 are poor and prices low. Apples promise a good crop ; pears 

 poor ; peaches bad ; grapes fair. Pastures are very much dried 

 up. Rye, oats and barley not equal to former years. 



Taunton (C. H. Wilmarth). — Rose bugs, canker worms and 

 the army worm are doing the most damage. Hay was a light crop 

 because of drought. Market garden crops were about average. 

 Pasturage is poor because of drought. Rye, oats and barley are 

 about average crops. 



Somerset (Joseph Gibbs) . — The web worm and white grub are 

 the most troublesome. Corn would be good with rain ; no silos 

 here. Hay was a three-fourths crop of good quality. Barley and 

 fodder corn are raised to supplement the hay crop and both need 

 rain. Market garden crops are not more than three-fourths of an 

 average. Apples and pears medium ; peaches poor; grapes good. 

 Pastures are ruined by the drought. Rye, oats and barley are 

 good where not destroyed by the army worm. 



Westport (A. S. Sherman). — The horn fly is tormenting the 

 cattle very much. Corn is very good ; uoue put into the silo. 

 Hay was a small crop of poor quality. Much corn is planted for 

 fodder and used both green and dry. Apples scarce ; pears plenty ; 

 peaches none ; grapes plenty ; cranberries scarce. There is very 

 little feed in the pastures. Rye and barley are full average crops 

 while oats are not up. 



