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Lakeville (Elbridge Cushman). — Corn is suffering for want of 

 rain. No rowen to speak of. The yield of potatoes will be small, 

 but of good quality. Apples and pears are abundant ; no peaches ; 

 few grapes ; cranberries light, and many are already killed by 

 frost. Pastures are entirely dried up. Oats were affected by 

 blight. Drainage is receiving some attention, but in many cases 

 ridging the laud, just allowing the mowing machine and hay wagon 

 to pass over proves more satisfactory. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Sandwich (.J. R. Hoi. way). — Drought has about ruined many 

 fields of corn. There is very little rowen. Late potatoes will be 

 a small crop, some blight but no rot. Apples, pears and grapes 

 quite plenty, some peaches and very few cranberries. Pastures 

 are all dried up and nearly all feed in the barn. Very little land 

 needs draining, more needs irrigation. There is practically nothing 

 to harvest in this section except a little fruit. 



MasJipee (W. F. Hammond). — Indian corn is looking very well 

 for the season. Rowen is a failure. Late potatoes will be small, 

 no blight or rot. Apples, pears and grapes a fair crop, no peaches, 

 cranberries a small crop. Pasturage is short and drying up very 

 fast. Oats have been a failure. Our subsoil is nearly all coarse 

 sand and gravel and natural drainage is sufficient. 



Barnstable (John Bursley). — Corn is an average crop. No 

 rowen at all. Late potatoes will be a very light crop, very little 

 blight or rot. Small crop of apples, pears fair crop, no peaches, 

 few grapes, cranberries 25 to 35 per cent of a crop. Pastures are 

 all burned up. Oats are grown only as a fodder crop and rusted 

 quite badly. A few drain a little with stone drains. Probably 

 1,000 feet of tile are laid yearly which gives the best service. 



Breivster (J. H. Clark). — Corn is in fair condition. Scarcely 

 any rowen at all on account of drought. Potatoes are a very light 

 crop, no blight or rot. All kinds of fruit are very light. Pastur- 

 age is all dried up. Oats and barley were about average crops. 

 Not much attention is paid to drainage. 



DUKES COUNTY. 



West Tishury (Geo. Hunt Luce). — Corn very much injured 

 by drought. There will be no rowen. Late potatoes poor, no 

 blight or rot. Apples fair, pears good, grapes injured by drought, 

 cranberries small crop. Pasturage is in very poor condition. Oats 

 and barley not as heavy as last year. We do not drain our land. 



