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Lakeville (Nathaniel G. Staple.s). — The elm-leaf beetle is quite 

 plenty. Corn is looking well ; practically none of the crop is grown for 

 ensilage. The hay crop was from 15 to 20 per cent below the normal, 

 but of very good quality. Fodder corn, Japanese millet, oats and 

 barley are the forage crops grown. Garden truck is looking well now 

 and potatoes never looked better; prices have been good. The season 

 has been very dry until within a week and pastures are all dried up. 

 Rye, oats and barley are about average crops. Crops looked well 

 until the first of the month, when the drought began to tell on them, 

 but have improved since the recent rains. We had no rain to speak of 

 since April until the 14th of July. 



Mattapoisett (E. C. Stetson). — The elm-leaf beetle is doing some 

 damage. Corn is looking quite well, especially that planted early; 

 very few silos in this section. The quantity of the hay crop was a 

 little below average, but the quality was good. Fodder corn, millet, 

 beets and carrots are raised as forage, and are in good condition. 

 Garden crops have suffered much from drought; prices about average. 

 Almost all fruits and berries are looking well. Rye, oats and barley 

 are about average crops. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Bourne (David D. Nye). — Gypsy moths and potato bugs are doing 

 damage. Indian corn is looking fairly well; none raised for the silo. 

 The hay crop was not over half a normal crop in quantity, but was of 

 fair quality. Oats, rye and corn are grown as forage crops. Market- 

 garden crops are looking fairly well; early potatoes are of fair size; 

 late potatoes need rain. The prospect is that the fruit crop will be 

 small, not much fruit raised; cranberries are suffering from drought. 

 Pasturage is poor and dried up. Rye, oats and barley are good crops, 

 but are little raised. Not much farming is done here, the people are 

 mostly mechanics. 



Mashpee (W. F. Hammond). — Potato bugs and cranberry worms 

 are doing damage. Indian corn is about an average crop and none will 

 be used for ensilage. There was about half a crop of hay of good 

 quality. Oats and corn are the principal forage crops grown. Market- 

 garden crops are about an average in yield and price. Apples and 

 pears promise only half yields; grapes and cranberries two-thirds. 

 Pasturage is below the average in condition. Rye and oats are about 

 two-thirds crops for grain and about average as forage crops. 



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

 stock severely. Corn is growing rapidly; none raised for the silo. 

 There was a three-fourths crop of hay of fine quality. The ground has 

 been so dry that no forage crops have been sown. The drought has 

 hurt all garden crops very much. There will be a few apples and 

 pears; peaches and plums very small; grapes good; cranberries fair, 

 though injured by dry weather. Pasturage is practically all dried up. 



