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yield with average prices. The prospect for fruit is poor, except for 

 cranberries. Pasturage is in good condition. Rye, oats and barley are 

 normal crops. 



West Bridgcwater (C. P. Howard). — Corn looks well and three- 

 fourths of the crop will go into the silo. An average crop of hay has 

 been .secured. Corn, oats and peas, millet and barley are the forage 

 crops grown. All garden crops look well. Insects have injured all kinds 

 of fruit badly. Pastures are in ^'ery good condition. All grain is yield- 

 ing well. 



Duxbury (R. T. Randall). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Corn is in very good condition; no silos here. Hay is better than an 

 average crop, but the weather has been poor for making. Oats and 

 millet are the principal forage crops grown. Early potatoes are a good 

 yield; prices about the same as usual. Apples will be a good crop; 

 grapes plenty; cranberries good. Pasturage is in good condition. 

 Rye, oats and barley are average crops. 



Halifax (G. W. Hayward). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Corn is improving and bids fair to be a good crop; no silos in town. 

 Quality of hay crop fine, but yield uneven. Corn and barley are the 

 principal forage crops and are in excellent condition. Potatoes are 

 looking finely. There will be very few apples and other fruits, except 

 cranberries. Feed in pastures is luxuriant. Rye and barley have 

 yielded finely. 



Carver (J. A. Vaughan). — The cranberry vine worm is doing some 

 damage. Indian corn is in good condition; no silos here. There is a 

 good crop of hay, but the weather has been poor to make it. Condition 

 of pastures excellent, but some millet is raised for forage. Potatoes 

 and all garden crops are looking well. There is an average crop of 

 apples and pears. Pasturage is in excellent condition. Cranberries 

 have suffered from frost and insects, but an average crop is expected. 



Lakeville (Nathaniel G. Staples). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Indian corn is in good condition and possibly 10 per cent of 

 the crop will be ensiled. Quantity of the hay crop a little better than 

 the average and quality good. Corn is the principal forage crop grown 

 and is in good condition. Market-garden crops are good with prices 

 better than usual. The prospect for fruit of all kinds is good. Pastur- 

 age is in good condition. Rye, oats and barley are fair crops. 



Mattapoiset (E. C. Stetson). — Potato bugs and cut worms are 

 doing some damage. Corn is in good condition; no silos here. There 

 is a very good hay crop of fair fjuality. Corn and millet are the i)rinri- 

 pal forage crops grown and are in good condition. Market-garden crops 

 are as good, or a little better than the average. Very few apples ; pears, 

 peaches, plums, quinces and grapes quite good; cranberries not very 

 promising. Pasturage is in very good condition. Rye, oats and barley 

 are about average crops. 



