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but what there is is looking well, though a little backward. On 

 well-manured fields that were cut early there will be a fair crop of 

 rowen, but not much on other fields. The prospect for late pota- 

 toes is not good, as there is considerable blight. There is a good 

 crop of fall apples, but Baldwins are not very plenty ; pears are 

 quite scarce ; peaches are more plentiful than usual ; not much 

 prospect for cranberries. Pastures are not yielding much feed 

 now, and milk cows are fed largely at the barn. Oats and barley 

 are little raised except for fodder, and were about average crops. 

 The season has been a cool one, and some crops are backward, 

 especially onions, corn and tomatoes. 



Manchester (John Baker) . — Indian corn is in very good con- 

 dition. Rowen promises to be a good crop. There is prospect of 

 a good crop of late potatoes, although a little blight has appeared. 

 The prospect is fair for all kinds of fruit. Pasturage is in good 

 condition. Oats and barley are about average crops. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Cohasset (Philander Bates). — Indian corn is not raised ex- 

 tensively, but the few acres planted are in good condition. Rowen 

 promises an average crop. Late potatoes are a good crop, and 

 blight and rot have not appeared. The prospect for apples is 

 good ; pears a light crop ; other fruits not raised to any extent. 

 Frequent showers have kept pastures in fair condition. Oats and 

 barley are not raised to any extent. Farming, except for the sum- 

 mer markets, is not carried on to any extent here. 



Avon (S. Frank Oliver). — The present outlook for corn is 

 fairly good, but it needs warm weather badly. Rowen does not 

 grow well, although it looks well. Potatoes are looking extra 

 well, with no blight or rot as yet. Apples are very plentiful ; 

 pears, peaches and grapes scarce. Pasturage is in a little better 

 condition than usual for this time of year. Crops generally have 

 done and are now doing well, but the lack of good, warm weather 

 retards the growth of everything. 



Stoughton (C. F. Curtis). — Indian corn is at least two weeks 

 late, and with the present weather will be very late for the silo, 

 with few ears. Where the grass was cut early, rowen will be 

 better than normal crop. Potatoes are doing finely, with little 

 blight or rot. Apples are about 80 per cent of a full crop ; pears 

 40 per cent; peaches 75 per cent; grapes 125 per cent; cran- 

 berries 70 per cent. Pasturage could not be better, with rain 

 every few days all summer. Oats have done better than for many 

 years. 



