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Breivster (John H. Clark). — Corn in very good condition but 

 beginning to suffer from drought ; little in silo. Hay a two-thirds 

 crop of fair quality. Forage crops little raised. Market garden 

 crops very poor owing to severe drought. Apples, pears and 

 grapes look fairly well ; cranberry crop very light. Pasturage 

 all dried up. Rye, oats and barley were very light crops. 



DUKES COUNTY. 



West Tishury (Wm. J. Rotcii). — Indian corn is suffering 

 severely from drought ; none goes into the silo. Hay was a two- 

 thirds crop of good quality. Very little is done towards raising 

 forage crops to supplement the hay crop. Market garden crops 

 are suffering from the continued dry weather. The cranberry 

 crop will be light; other fruits will do better. Pasturage is in 

 poor condition. Rye, oats and barley were nearly average crops. 



NANTUCKET COUNTY. 



Nantucket (C. W. Gardner). — The potato bug and striped 

 beetle are most troublesome. Indian corn is in very poor condi- 

 tion. Hay was about half a crop but of splendid quality. Corn 

 is raised to supplement the hay crop and is looking fair. Market 

 garden crops are very poor ; potatoes a failure as a general thing. 

 No cranberries. Pastures are very poor, all dried up. There 

 has been no rain for fifty days. Oats are very rusty and rye did 

 not head well. 



