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done, and it is not growing well, on account of drought. Onions are 

 small in size and less than a normal crop. Potatoes are from one-half 

 to two-thirds of a crop and are of good quality. With rain there will 

 be large crops of roots, celery and late market-garden crops. There 

 are very few apples and peaches; pears and grapes good; cranberries 

 a fair crop. The season has not been a profitable one for our farmers, 

 because of partial failure of market-garden crops. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 



Brockton (Davis Copeland). — The corn crop is very good. Rowen 

 and fall feed are up to the usual average on good land. The usual 

 amount of fall seeding has been done and looks well on moist land, but 

 has dried up badly and been badly injured by grasshoppers on high 

 land. Root crops, celery and late market-garden crops promise good 

 yields. Apples are a poor crop and pears a good crop. The heavy 

 fogs we have almost every night are helping to keep things green and 

 growing. 



Marshfield (J. H. Bourne). — Indian corn is a large crop in quantity 

 and fully normal in quality. Rowen is a light crop, except on low, 

 rich ground. The usual amount of fall seeding has been done, and 

 much has just been put in. Onions are little raised here. The yield 

 of potatoes is decidedly less than usual and the quality poor. Root 

 crojDS, celery and late market-garden crops all need rain. Cranberries 

 are a three-fourths crop, but ripened well, and are mostly gathered; 

 apples a full crop; also grapes; pears and peaches fairly good. 



Hanson (Flavel S. Thomas, M.D.). — Indian corn is more than a 

 normal crop. Rowen and fall feed are above the usual average. 

 About the usual amount of fall seeding has been done, and is in good 

 condition on low land, and in poor on high land, because of drought. 

 Potatoes are a small crop, of good quality, and show no rot. The 

 prospect is fair for root crops, celery and other late market-garden 

 crops. All fruits are good yields except cranberries, drought and 

 worms having cut them short. 



Kingston (George L. Churchill). — The corn crop is a very fair 

 yield. Rowen and fall feed are up to the usual average. Not much 

 fall seeding has been done as yet. Onions are a fair crop. Potatoes 

 are a light crop, of fair quality. The jDrospect for root crops, celery 

 and other late market-garden crops is very fair. Apples are looking 

 fairly well; peaches, pears, grapes and cranberries are fair crops. 



Bridgewater (R. Cass). — Indian corn is a good average crop. The 

 rowen crop is below the normal, and fall feed above. Very little fall 

 seeding has been done at this time. Potatoes are not more than half 

 a crop and are of poor quality. The prospect for late garden crops is 

 good. Pears and grapes are good crops; other fruits poor. 



Lakeville (Nathaniel G. Staples). — The corn crop is a little above 

 the normal. Rowen and fall feed are about up to the usual average. 



