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condition. Rye, oats and barley are fairly good crops. The season so 

 far has been very favorable. 



Seeko7ik (John W. Peck). — No serious damage from insects. In- 

 dian corn, where grown, is excellent ; two-thirds of the crop at least will 

 go into the silo. The hay crop is very good. Hungarian grass and bar- 

 ley are the leading forage crops grown. Market-garden crops are excel- 

 lent so far, with prices better than usual as a whole. All fruits except 

 cranberries are doing well. Pasturage was never better at this date. 

 Rye, oats and barley are average crops. The prospect is good for a 

 second crop of hay. 



Dighton (James N. Paul). — Potato bugs are prevalent and elm-leaf 

 beetles are doing much damage to elm trees. Indian corn is in good 

 condition; very little grown for the silo. Quantity and quality of the 

 hay crop about normal, but injured by wet weather in making. Corn, 

 oats and barley are the principal forage crops grown and are in good 

 condition. Potatoes and onions are looking poorly; other market- 

 garden crops look well; those harvested have yielded well, but sold at 

 low prices. Apples, pears, plums and quinces look poorly and will be 

 very small crops. Pastures are in good condition. Strawberries 

 yielded the largest crop in years, but sold at very low prices, many 

 fields hardly paying for picking and marketing. There is a large acre- 

 age of tomatoes and squashes here and both are looking well at present. 



Westport (Albert S. Sherman). — Potato bugs and grasshoppers 

 are doing some damage. Corn is looking exceedingly well ; no silos here. 

 The hay crop is very heavy, but the quality was injured by frequent 

 showers. Corn and oats are extensively raised for forage and are in fine 

 condition. All garden crops are doing well, including potatoes. Apples 

 not plenty ; pears and peaches promise good crops ; plums, quinces and 

 cranberries not much grown; grapes abundant. Pasturage never was 

 better at this season. Rye is very good, but late oats were injured by 

 rust. 



Dartmouth (L. T. Davis). — Insects have caused very little trouble. 

 Corn seldom looked better, though a little late ; perhaps three-fourths 

 of the crop is grown for the silo and for fodder. There is a good average 

 yield of hay, but the quality is not of the best, as it has been hard to 

 make it owing to rain. Coi'n, oats and peas and barley are the forage 

 crops grown and are looking finely. Market-garden crops are in good 

 condition with average prices. The fruit crop is almost an entire failure. 

 Pastures still hold out fairly well. Rye, oats and barley are good crops. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 



Hanover (Harrison L. House). — Striped s(|uash bugs are doing 

 some damage. Indian corn is in fair condition; no silos in town. 

 Quantity of the hay crop medium and quality rather poor, owing to 

 bad weather for making. Oats and cow peas are the principal forage 

 crops grown and are in good condition. Market-garden crops are fair 



