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BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Matisfield (Wm. C. Winter). — Indian corn is looking finely. There 

 will be a normal crop of rowen. Indications are good for a full crop of 

 late potatoes; no blight or rot as yet. Winter apples will be a light 

 crop; pears and grapes full; peaches and quinces fair. Pasturage is 

 in good condition. Oats and barley are normal crops, but are not much 

 grown. Carrots, parsnips, turnips and beets are raised for market, but 

 only in a small way. The weather of the last month has been favorable 

 to all crops. 



Attleborough (Isaac Alger). — Indian corn is in splendid condition. 

 There will not be much rowen. There will be a fair crop of late pota- 

 toes. The yield of fruit will be light. Pasturage is improving in con- 

 dition. Oats and barley are about average crops. Root crops are 

 not much grown. 



Dighton (Howard C. Briggs). — The corn crop is in good condition. 

 There is almost no rowen, say 10 per cent of a normal crop. Late 

 potatoes promise poorly at present, with some blight. Apples dropped 

 badly; other fruits fair. Pastures are in very poor condition. Oats 

 and bai-ley are about average crops. Root crops are not grown to any 

 extent. The drought is only partially broken here, and we need rain 

 badly for all crops except corn. 



Berkley (Rollin H. Babbitt). — Indian corn is in very good condi- 

 tion. Rowen will give about half an average crop. Very few late 

 potatoes are grown about here, and there is some blight. Apples are 

 a poor crop; pears plenty; peaches few; grapes plenty; quinces few; 

 cranberries half a crop. Pasturage is in excellent condition. Oats 

 and barley are much below the normal. Root crops are grown only 

 for market, and not extensively for that purpose. 



Swansea (F. G. Arnold). — Corn is in very good condition. The 

 rowen crop is much below the standard. The prospect for late pota- 

 toes is good; no blight, but some damage from drought. Pears, 

 peaches and grapes promise good crops. Pasturage is above the aver- 

 age for the season of the year. Oats are about an average crop; bar- 

 ley only grown for forage. A few mangels are grown for stock feeding 

 and a few turnips for the market. 



Westport (Albert S. Sherman). — Indian corn is in good condition, 

 both fodder and grain promising well. The prospect for the rowen 

 crop is poor, owing to dry weather. Potatoes promise well, and there 

 is no blight or rot as yet. Apples are scarce and poor; pears quite 

 plenty; no peaches; grapes abundant. Pastures are in fair condition, 

 the rains having started up the grass. Oats are a better crop than 

 usual; barley not grown here. Root crops, especially turnips, are ex- 

 tensively grown, both for market and stock feeding. 



