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yortoyi (Wm. A. Lane). — Corn is looking well, and promises 

 to develop into a good crop. The prospect for the rowen crop is 

 very good. Late potatoes are doing well, and we have not seen 

 any blight as j'et. There will be good crops of apples and peaches, 

 but no pears. Pastures are in fair condition. Oats and barley are 

 about average crops, when compared with former years. 



Raynham (N. W. SiiAw). — Indian corn is good, but is late. 

 Rowen will be more than an average crop. The prospect is good 

 for late potatoes, and we have seen no rot. Apples good ; pears 

 few ; peaches not plenty ; grapes and cranberries good. Pastur- 

 age is in good condition. Oats and barley are not quite average 

 crops. 



Westport (A. S. Sherman). — Corn is in fair condition, con- 

 sidering the cool nights and fair weather. Rowen will be a very 

 light crop. Late potatoes are a very good crop ; some blight and 

 rot, but not much. Apples, peaches and grapes are abundant ; 

 pears and cranberries scarce. Pastures are nearly dried up, ex- 

 cept on very low lands. Oats and barley are as good crops as 

 have ever been grown here. White grubs are eating the meadows 

 badly, and are making bad work with potatoes. Turnips and cab- 

 bages are doing well. Milk is getting scarce, on account of the 

 scarcity of feed. 



Dartmouth (L. T. Davis). — "We have had little rain in this 

 section for the past month, which causes the corn to roll badly on 

 dry land, and may shorten the crop. Most of our potatoes have 

 been dug, and have yielded very well. The prospect for rowen is 

 very poor, owing to lack of rain. Apples will be a three-fourths 

 crop ; pears a one-fourth crop ; peaches 80 per cent of a full crop. 

 Pasturage is very short, and mowings that are fed down do not 

 start again. Oats and barley are about average crops. 



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Brockton (Davis Copeland). — Corn is looking quite well, but 

 the ears grow slowly, owing to cold nights. Rowen will be about 

 an average crop. Late potatoes will be a good crop if they do not 

 rot, but blight has appeared upon the earlier fields. Apples, pears 

 and grapes will give good crops ; peaches poor and small. Pas- 

 turage is in fairly good condition. Oats and barley are not much 

 raised, but appear to be rather light crops where grown. 



Hanson (Dr. F. S. Thomas). — Indian corn is in good condi- 

 tion. There will be more rowen cut than usual. Late potatoes 

 promise a large crop, with but little blight or rot as yet. The 

 prospect is good for all kinds of fruit. Pastures are in first-class 

 condition. Oats and barley are but little raised hereabouts. 



Halifax (G. W. Hayward). — Corn looks well and is heavy; 



