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BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Bourne (David D. Nye). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Corn looks well, but is somewhat backward ; no silos in town. The hay 

 crop is fully up to last year in quantity and of fair quality. Corn, oats, 

 millet and some roots are raised for forage. Market-garden crops are 

 fair; few potatoes harvested but they promise very well. There will 

 be small crops of apples, pears, peaches, plums and quinces; grapes 

 and cranberries fair. Pasturage never looked as well as at present. 



Barnstable (John Bursley). — Green-headed flies are annoying 

 domestic animals exceedingly. Indian corn is growing very rapidly; 

 very little for the silo. Quantity of the hay crop 15 per cent above the 

 average, but quality 15 per cent below. Oats as a forage crop have 

 done fairly well and some millet is sown. Peas have made a large yield; 

 potatoes very Hght ; prices fair. Apples and pears small crops ; peaches 

 fair; grapes and cranberries looking very well. Pastures are in good 

 condition. Rye, oats and barley are very good crops. 



Chatham (E. Z. Ryder). — Potato bugs, codlin moths and squash 

 bugs are doing some damage. Corn is very good and only a small part 

 of the crop will be ensiled. Hay is a fair crop, but has been injured 

 very badly by wet weather. Corn, oats and millet are the principal 

 forage crops grown, and all are looking well. Market-garden crops are 

 backward, but prices rule higher than usual. Apples will give a small 

 crop; pears average; other fruits fair; good outlook for cranberries. 

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

 crops. 



Orleans (Freeman E. Snow). — Potato bugs are the only insects 

 doing damage. Corn is looking well; no silos about here. There is a 

 good hay crop, both in quantity and quality. Millet, corn, etc., are 

 grown for forage and are looking well. Potatoes look well and the yield 

 bids fair to be good, prices good. All fruits are looking well ; cranber- 

 ries hardly out of bloom. Pasturage is getting rather short because of 

 lack of rain. 



Truro (John B. Dyer). — Potato bugs and striped squash bugs are 

 doing some damage. Very little Indian corn is raised and none for the 

 silo. The hay crop is better than usual. Forage crops are little grown. 

 Market-garden crops are fairly good, better than average owing to wet 

 weather. Apples, pears, peaches and grapes are good, and cranberries 

 promise unusually well. Pastures are in good condition. Rye, oats and 

 barley are good crops, but are little grown. 



DUKES COUNTY. 



West Tishury (George Hunt Luce) . — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Indian corn is in good condition; only a small portion of 

 the crop will be ensiled. Hay is above the average in quantity, but 



