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NORFOLK COUNTY. 



FranMin. — Quantit}' of hay heavy, quality good and fine 

 weather for secuving it. Prospect of less than an average crop 

 of apples. Only a trace of rot and scab in potatoes. Small 

 fruits have been satisfactory in yield and price. Crops have suf- 

 fered from the drought. There is always trespassing and steal- 

 ing, especially fruit ; and I think we need a law making the owner 

 or occupant of the land an officer so far as to arrest parties on 



his own premises. 



C. M, Allen. 



Medway. — Hay crop heavy, except on very moist land where the 

 better grasses were drowned the past two wet seasons, and it has 

 been harvested in excellent condition. The prospect for a crop of 

 apples is very poor. Yield of strawberries fair. Raspberries 

 and blackberries need rain. Prices good. At the present time 

 crops are suffering much from drought. Trespassing is very 

 troublesome and hard to stay. Notices seem to do no good. 

 There is some thieving. I do not think farmers should be 

 required to post notices warning persons from their fields. The 

 fact that a person is not the owner of a field siiould place him 

 under legal obligation to keep out of it, except with leave from 

 the owner. The damage from trespass on my land has been 

 chiefly from lawless persons passing through and breaking fences. 



M. Morse. 



Norfolk. — Quantity of hay more than met expectations, and 

 weather very satisfactory for securing it. Apple crop will be 

 rather below the average, as they have fallen off badly. Have 

 not observed rot or scab in potatoes. Rain the 25th and 26th 

 saved corn and late potatoes from total destruction. Mowings 

 and pastures were very brown and dry. Farmers not troubled 

 much by trespassers, except by summer boarders. 



J. W. HiNKLET. 



South Weymouth. — Hay crop met expectations in quantity, 

 and weather favorable. Poor prospect for an apple crop. Have 

 observed no rot or scab in potatoes. Strawberries only were 

 satisfactory in yield and price. The long drought was bad for fall 

 crops, though the quite heavy rain that fell the 25th, 26th and 

 9th may revive some of them. 



J. G. HUTCHINS. 



