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better prices than usual. Apples, pears, peaches and grapes are looking 

 well. Pastures are very short on account of the drought. Rye is a 

 good crop; oats below average as a forage crop. 



Walpole (Edward L. Shepard). — Potato bugs and brown-tail 

 moths are doing some damage. Indian corn is late but is improving 

 fast since the rain; about half the crop goes into the silo. Corn, oats 

 and Hungarian grass are the forage crops grown and they are a little 

 below normal in condition. Market-garden crops are improving since 

 the rain, yield normal and prices low. There will be about an average 

 crop of fruit. Pasturage has passed by for this year. Rye, oats and 

 barley are about normal crops. 



Millis (E. F. Richardson). — Elm-leaf beetles are doing some 

 damage. Corn has revived since the rains; three-fourths of the crop 

 goes into the silo. The hay crop was a good one, both in quantity and 

 quality. Oats and peas, millet and Hungarian grass are the forage 

 crops grown. Market-garden crops are practically dried upt There 

 will be a small crop of the various fruits. Pastures are dry and brown. 

 Rye, oats and barley are normal crops. 



Bellingham (John J. O'Sullivan). — The elm-leaf beetle and potato 

 bugs are doing damage. Indian corn is in good condition; ten i^er cent 

 of the crop goes into the silo. The hay crop was fair in quantity and 

 of good quality. Japanese millet, Hungarian grass and corn are the 

 forage crops grown. Market-garden crops are in poor condition on 

 account of dry weather; yield of potatoes medium and price as usual. 

 Apple-., plums, quinces and grapes promise fair crops, while pears, 

 peacties and cranberries will be poor. Pasturage is all dried up. Rye, 

 oats and barley are about average crops. 



Franklin (C. M. Allen). — Elm-leaf beetles are doing damage. In- 

 dian corn looks well and most of it will be fed to stock one way or 

 another. There is an average crop of hay, but less than last year. 

 Market-garden crops are light in yield, but bring high prices. Fruits 

 of all kinds look well. Pasturage is very poor, all dried up. There is 

 an average crop of rye, oats and barley. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Mansfield (Wm. C. Winter). — Potato bugs and currant worms are 

 doing some damage and elm-leaf beetles are reported as beginning to 

 appear. Indian corn is generally looking well; not much is grown for 

 ensilage. The hay crop was normal on low ground and somewhat 

 below on high ground, with the quality good. The ground has been 

 so dry that no forage crops have been put in ; sweet corn and Hunga- 

 rian grass are the usual crops grown. Market-garden crops are in good 

 condition ; potatoes looking fair, none harvested ; prices about normal. 

 Summer and fall apples plenty, winter apples a light crop; pears a 

 full crop; peaches, plums and quinces light; grapes good; cranberries 



