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and pears are quite good crops; few peaches; grapes good; quinces 

 few; cranberries half a crop. Pasturage is too late in starting to give 

 much feed. Oats and barley are below average yields. Root crops 

 are grown to a very limited extent, both for feeding and market. All 

 early crops suffered from the drought, but late crops are very 2:»romis- 

 ing. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Falmouth (D. R. Wicks). — Indian corn is fully up to the normal, 

 the rains having brought the crop forward. The prospect for rowen is 

 very poor on high ground, but there will be a two-thirds crop on low, 

 moist land. There is some blight on potatoes, but no rot, and a two- 

 thirds crop is promised. Apples are one-third of a normal crop ; pears 

 one-half; peaches one-third; grapes normal; quinces half; cranber- 

 ries two-thirds. Since the rains, pastures have started up and are 

 looking well. Oats and barley are mostly grown as forage crops. 

 Root crops are not very largely growii. 



Mashpee (W. F. Hammond). — Indian corn is above the average. 

 Rowen will yield less than an average crop. Late potatoes promise 

 about an average crop, with little blight. Apples are half a crop; 

 pears two-thirds; grapes a full crop; cranberries half a crop. Pas- 

 tures are above the average in condition. Oats are about an average 

 crop. Root crops are grown for stock feeding and for market, one- 

 third for the former purpose and two-thirds for the latter. 



Dennis (Joshua Crowell). — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 Rowen promises half a crop. The yield of potatoes will be below the 

 average, but no blight or rot has appeared. Fall apples are a fair crop, 

 and winter apples are scarce; cranberries less than half a crop. Pas- 

 turage is in fair condition. Root crops are grown to a small extent for 

 stock feeding. Many cranberry bogs are suffering from the ravages of 

 the berry worm. 



Harwich (Ambrose N. Doane). — Corn is in very good condition. 

 There will be a fair crop of rowen. Potatoes are a very small crop, 

 with no rot as yet. All fruit crops are very i^oor. Pasturage is not in 

 good condition. Oats and barley are about average crops. Root 

 crops are little grown except for home use. 



Eastham (J. A. Clark). — Corn is looking finely, and only needs a 

 warm September to carry it out. The recent rains have improved the 

 rowen crop very much. Blight has appeared on potatoes, but no rot. 

 There are plenty of early apples, but winter varieties are short. Pas- 

 tures are in good conditien. Turnips are grown largely for market. 

 Potatoes are mostly early, and, though somewhat damaged by drought, 

 will prove a fair crop. Late turnips are looking finely at present. Old 

 beds of asparagus are somewhat rusted, but young beds are looking 

 well. The cranberry crop will be a medium one. 



Ti'uro (John B. Dyer). — Indian corn is not much raised, and the 

 crop is not too good. The prospect for rowen is very poor, owdng to 



