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Hudson. — We had a hail storm June 30 that injured apples in 

 the narrow path it took. The fruit was bruised by the hail, and 

 what was left on the trees grows very uneven and will not be fit 

 for market. Season is good for pasturage. 



G. A. Com no. 



Sudbury. — The weather for July was moderately wet and 

 rather below the average in temperature. Crops are coming 

 forward well now with the exception of field corn, which is unusu- 

 ally backward. Early planted potatoes are looking finely, but 

 those planted late are spindling and have suffered from the attacks 

 of the beetles. The hay crop is fully up to the average and of 



good quality. 



H. N. Smith. 



Wilmington. — The season thus far has been very favorable for 

 the farmer and the prospect fur an abundant harvest is good. 



C. W. Swain. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Dover. — We have had too dry weather for our pastures and 

 rowen crop, and I hardly know how to estimate them. Our main 

 crop is milk and everything tends to that. 



Eben Higgins. 



Franklin. — The dry weather of the past three or four weeks 

 has made a decided change in the potato and corn crops, pros- 

 pects decreasing therefrom ten to twenty per cent. 



N. E. Newell. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 



Hanson. — The dry spell began to make the gardens look badly 

 but they now begin to make a better showing. I do not think 

 potatoes will fully recover so as to give us a good crop. 



Fl.wal S. Tik.mas. M.D. 



Plymouth. — The cold, phenomenal summer weather has been 

 unfavorable to some crops. Crapes are quite plenty but begin to 

 show signs of mildew. Many cranberry bogs have been badly 

 damaged by the fire-worm, thereby diminishing the crop. 



D. E. Damon. 



