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fall seeding has been done as yet. Onions a very good crop, but 

 many small ones. Late potatoes are an average crop, some rot 

 on low ground. Root crops are small on account of dry weather. 

 There is a great yield of apples ; cranberries about half a crop, 

 though they are excellent except on bogs caught by the late frosts 

 in the spring. 



3Iiddlehorough (Elbridge Cushman). — Indian corn about a 

 three-fourths crop. Rowen and fall feed are not up to the usual av- 

 erage. Less than the average amount of fall seeding has been done, 

 and it is backward on account of drought. Onions not an average 

 crop, owing to dry weather. Potatoes not up to the usual yield, 

 but of extra quality. The prospect for root crops is fair. Apples 

 are very good ; cranberries a failure. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Mashpee (W. F. Hammond). — There is about an average crop 

 of Indian corn. Rowen was a failure ; fall feed below the aver- 

 age. The average amount of fall seeding has not been done. The 

 onion crop is below the average owing to drought. There is about 

 half a crop of potatoes of good quality. Root crops are looking 

 quite good. Apples are about an average crop ; cranberries a one- 

 fifth crop. 



Sandwich (J. R. Holway) . — Indian corn about 40 per cent of 

 a full crop. Rowen and fall feed are both very short. The aver- 

 age amount of fall seeding has been done ; about all during the 

 last two weeks. Onion crop below average owing to dry weather. 

 Potatoes a very small crop of good quality. Apples are a good 

 crop, but cranberries are short ; many bogs in this section not 

 being worth picking. 



BarnstahJe (John Bursley). — Indian corn below an average 

 crop. Rowen and fall feed are far below the usual standard on 

 account of drought. Considex-able seeding has been done, but so 

 recently that its condition cannot be judged. Onions nearly a 

 failure owing to the drought. Potatoes a small yield of good 

 quality. The prospect for root crops is poor. The apple crop is 

 small, and cranberries are estimated at one-third the usual crop. 



Dennis (Joshua Crowell). — Corn much below the average. 

 Feed below the average, and no rowen except on low land. Scarcely 

 any fall seeding has been done. The onion crop is much reduced 

 by dry weather. Potatoes are about half a crop. Root crops will 

 be small unless we have a remarkably good fall. Apples above 

 average crop ; cranberry crop not more than 20 per cent of that of 

 last year. The rain of the 19th and 20th improved the grass, but 

 more rain is needed both by fall feed and by the mowing lands. 



