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PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 

 East Wareham. — Ver}^ large crop of hay, excellent in quality 

 and well secured. No apples. Fair crop of strawberries and 

 good price. Birds take the raspberries and currants and first 

 strawberries. Robins are very abundant here and do more injury 

 than all the other birds put together. Farmers not much troubled 

 by native residents, but are much troubled by transient sliore 

 visitors, who seem to think that the}' have a right to go where 

 they please and take what they want. There seems to be an 

 impression among many people that they have a right to go to 

 the shore in any wa}' they please and there do what they please 

 without any regard to the rights of the adjacent land-owner, which 

 rights are indefinitely defined in our statutes ; and, unless some 

 better protection than owners now have is given, shore property 



will lose much of its value. 



A. Savary. 



Halifax. — We have housed one of the largest hay crops ever 

 grown in this town and in the best order. No rain to do any good 

 to crops for more than six weeks until the 2(;th. Tliere is no 

 prospect of an apple crop. No rot or scab in potatoes yet. 

 Small fruits ver}' satisfactory. 



G. W. Hayward. 



Hanson. — Hay crop met expectations in quantity', and tlie 

 weather was satisfactorv for securing it. Poor outlook for a 

 crop of apples. The potato tops have died, and farmers are 

 digging potatoes, getting about one-third a crop, and small at 

 that. Have observed very little rot or scab. Small fruits liave 

 been fair in yield and price. All crops and grass lauds are suffer- 

 ing intensely from drought. It is very hard on voung trees. If 

 it does not rain soon, late crops will be failures. Farmers not 



troubled much by trespassers. 



F. S. Thomas, M.D. 



Kingston. — English haying about finished, and the quality of 

 the crop is excellent. We are having a long drought, Avith but one 

 dash of rain for five weeks, and pastures and crops are suffering 

 a great deal. Prospect for all apples is very poor. Potatoes are 

 looking sound and smooth. Small fruits badly burned and poor. 

 Farmers here have very little or no trouble with trespassers. 



J. H. Cushman. 



Marshjield. — Quantity of hay larger and qualit}' better than 

 was expected, and fine weather for curing it. Have not seen or 

 heard of any rot or scab in potatoes. The strawberry crop was 



