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Franklin (C. M. Allen). — Much of the corn is very light by 

 reason of clrouglit. Rowen a very light crop. Very few fields of 

 potatoes are up to the average, 60 per cent of full crop. Apples 

 and pears average ; peaches 10 percent ; grapes 75 per cent ; cran- 

 berries 60 per cent. Pastures are very bare. Oats and barley 

 nearly equal to last year. But little land is drained. Stone drains 

 are generally used and are found satisfactory. Abundant showers 

 have revived vegetation and improved crops greatly. 



Medjield (Geo. R. Chase). — Corn is poor and not filling out on 

 account of drought. Rowen is a failure on account of drought. 

 The prospect for late potatoes is very poor, but I have noticed no 

 blight or rot. Apples good ; pears good ; peaches poor ; grapes 

 average and cranberries a small crop. Pasturage is ruined by 

 drought. Oats and barley are 80 per cent of last year's crops. 

 Little attention paid to drainage, stone drains and open ditches 

 mainly used. 



Cohasset (E. E. Ellms). — Corn is very good indeed. Rowen 

 is not up to former years. Potatoes are a poor crop ; have noticed 

 blight and some rot. There is a great crop of all kinds of fruit in 

 this vicinity. Pasturage is very dry and poor. Oats and barley 

 are about the same as last year. Little attention paid to drainage. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Attleborough (Isaac Alger) . — Indian corn is an average crop. 

 Rowen will be an average crop. The prospect for late potatoes is 

 good and there is no blight or rot. Apples, pears and grapes are 

 average and cranberries will be a one-fourth crop. Pasturage is 

 short. Oats and barley were average crops. There is no special 

 system of drainage used. 



Eaynham (N. W. Shaw). — Corn will be a very light crop as 

 a whole. There is but very little rowen. Potatoes are not up to 

 the average ; no blight or rot. Apples a good crop ; pears not 

 many ; peaches very few ; grapes a one-half crop ; cranberries 

 small crop. Pastures have dried up and stock is fed in the barns. 

 Threshed oats are light. Little attention is paid to drainage as 

 there is not much necessity for it. All springs are low and water 

 must be used with care. 



Somerset (Joseph Gibbs). — Com is 80 per cent of a full crop. 

 The prospect for rowen is poor. Potatoes are a light crop ; about 

 65 per cent ; no rot. No cranberries ; other fruits about three- 

 fourths crops. Pasturage is in poor condition. Oats and barley 

 average crops. Turnips did not come up well. Surface drainage 

 is the only system practised. This has been the worst season on 



