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and potatoes are looking well. Summer and fall apples will be plentiful 

 but undersized; baldwin apples not half a crop; other tree fruits about 

 half a normal yield. Upland pastures are pretty well dried up and 

 lowland pastures are short. Rye, oats and barley are not up to the 

 normal. 



Wenham (N. P. Perkins). — Gypsy moths, black squash bugs, 

 onion lice and potato bugs are doing damage. Not much corn is raised 

 here for grain. The quality of the hay crop is good, but the yield was 

 only about two-thirds of the normal. Corn, Hungarian grass, oats, 

 barley are raised for forage crops. Potatoes are not more than half a 

 crop; also other market-garden crops; prices fair. There are only 

 light yields of fruit in prospect. Pastures are suffering very much 

 from drought, and are now quite short. Rye, oats and barley are very 

 little grown. 



Manchester (John Baker), — Gypsy and brown-tail moths are 

 doing damage. Indian corn is in good condition; none grown for the 

 silo. The hay crop was light, but of good quality where cut early. 

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

 condition. Market-garden crops are in fair condition and prices are 

 high. The prospect is good for all kinds of fruit. Pasturage has been 

 very dry, but is getting better now. Rye, oats and barley are good 

 crops. Crops are looking remarkably well considering the dry weather. 



Danvers (C. H. Preston). — Gypsy moths are doing some damage. 

 Indian corn is a very poor crop on all except very moist land; nearly 

 all the crop goes into the silo. There was two-thirds of an average 

 hay crop of good quality. Corn and barley are raised for forage crops 

 and are in poor condition. Market-garden crops are in poor condition 

 and potatoes are a failure. There will be few apples; pears fair; few 

 peaches or plums; grapes fair. Pasturage is very poor. Rye is an 

 average crop; oats and barley fair crops. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Cohasset (Ellery C. Bates). — No insects are doing damage at 

 present. Indian corn is not raised here. There was a light crop of hay. 

 Forage crops are not grown. There is a very light crop of early po- 

 tatoes and all market-garden crops are below the average. There will 

 be small yields of all fruits. Pastures are in poor condition. Rye, oats 

 and barley are Ught crops. No rain fell here from June 1st to July 14th, 

 and all early crops have been very light, some being entirely ruined. 



Westicood (Henry E. Weatherbee). — The elm-leaf beetle is doing 

 considerable damage and the gypsy moths are scattered in all sections 

 of the town. Corn is looking well. The hay crop was not quite as 

 heavy as last year, but was of good quality. Fodder corn, Hungarian 

 grass and German millet are all raised for forage and are looking well. 

 Market-garden crops have suffered from the dry weather, but bring 



