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good, fully up to former years ; potatoes a large crop. Apples 

 have dropped badly ; few pears ; peaches have dropped badly ; 

 plums half a crop ; grapes good. Pasturage is as green as in 

 June. Rye, oats and barley are fair crops but are little grown. 



Dennis (Joshua Crowell). — Potato bugs have done some 

 damage. Corn is a good crop; none goes into the silo. Hay is 

 about a three-fourths crop ; late cut damaged by wet weather. 

 Fodder corn, Hungarian grass and oats are our principal forage 

 crops ; condition fair and about the usual amount grown. Pota- 

 toes yield well and prices are up to the average. Apples, grapes 

 and cranberries are about average crops ; few pears. Pasturage 

 is in very good condition. 



Chatham (E. Z. Rtder). — Squash bugs, cucumber beetles and 

 potato bugs are doing some damage. Indian corn is looking 

 finely ; very little, if any, will be put into the silo. The hay crop 

 was poor in quality and very light in quantity. Millet has been 

 planted more this season than for several years and is doing well. 

 Market-garden crops are above the average in yield and price ; 

 potatoes never did better. Apples, pears, peaches, plums, quinces 

 and grapes promise average crops ; cranberries look finely, with 

 the prospect good for a large crop. Pastures are in very good 

 condition. Oats are looking finely. 



Welljieet (E. S. Jacobs). — Squash bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Corn is backward, the cold nights retarding its growth. 

 Hay is both a good and abundant crop. There is but little done 

 with forage crops. Market-garden crops are good, but late, with 

 prices above the average. Apples and pears scarce ; peaches and 

 plums plentiful ; good prospect for cranberries. Pasturage is in 

 fine condition. 



Truro (D, E. Paine). — Cut worms and potato bugs are doing 

 some damage. Indian corn is very little planted. Hay was about 

 an average crop of fair quality. Market-garden crops are average 

 in both yield and price. The prospect for apples is very poor ; 

 cranberries fair. Rye, oats and barley are average crops. 



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West Tishury (Geo. Hunt Luce). — Potato bugs are doing 

 some damage. Indian corn is very backward ; we have no Bilos'. 

 Quantity of hay much below the average, but quality good. To 

 eke out the pastures rye, fodder corn and Hungarian grass are 

 grown. Market-garden crops are below average in condition ; pota- 

 toes above average with prices about as usual. Apples and grapes 

 promise good crops. Oats are above the average in condition. 



