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berries are about half a crop ; other fruits very light. Pastures never 

 looked so barren, every spear of grass being as dry as possible. Oats 

 and barley are fair crops where sowii early. Root crops are little 

 raised, and do not promise well. 



Sandwich (R. F. Armstrong). — Indian corn is backward. There is 

 no rowen in this \'icinity. Have noticed neither bUght nor rot on po- 

 tatoes, but the prospect for the crop is not good. There will be a fair 

 crop of apples, though they are small and dropping badly. There is no 

 pasturage, and milch cows are being fed in the barn. There was a fair 

 crop of oats, mostly cut for hay; no barley grown. 



Barnstable (John Bursley). — Corn is looking very hght indeed, and 

 much of it will be cut and fed during the next two weeks. There is not 

 a forkful of rowen to cut. Late potatoes will be a very light crop, but 

 there is no bhght or rot. Apples will be very light; no pears or 

 peaches ; grapes and cranberries fair, though cranberries on most bogs 

 are very small. There is no pasturage ; all milch cows are fed at the 

 barn, as in winter, while young cattle are feeding on brush and swamp 

 bog grass. Oats were one-third of a crop; no barley grown. Cape 

 turnips are usually grown for market, but the drought has prevented 

 their being sown. With the exception of a light rain August 4, we have 

 not had even a light shower since early in Jmie. 



Dennis (Joshua Crowell). — Indian corn is unsatisfactory, and the 

 prospect is very discouraging. There is no rowen. The potato crop 

 will be small. There are a few apples; grapes are a fair crop; other 

 fruits small yields. Pasturage is almost completely dried up. Root 

 crops are grown to some extent. Cranberries, which were very promis- 

 ing early in the season, will not yield one-third of a crop in this vicinity. 



Eastham (J. A. Clark). — Nothing doing; drought continues, and 

 all crops are at a standstill. 



Truro (John B. Dyer). — Indian corn is very little raised. There 

 is no prospect of any rowen at present, owmg to dry weather. Upland 

 farming is nearly a failure, including potatoes. Apples and pears 

 promise only poor crops; grapes and cranberries fair. Pastures are 

 exceedingly dry. Oats and barley are not grown here. Root crops 

 are not grown to any great extent. Beets and turnips are ordinarily 

 raised to some extent, but this year, being so very dry, will be nearly or 

 quite a failure. Since the first of June only hght showers have fallen. 



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West Tisbury (Geo. Hunt Luce). — Corn is in good condition. The 

 prospect for the rowen crop is poor. Potatoes have been damaged by 

 drought; ver}^ httle blight or rot. There is a poor prospect for aU 

 kinds of fruit. Pasturage is dry. Oats and barley were small crops. 

 Root crops are not grown to any great extent. 



