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NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Dover. — Corn still continues backward; I should say two 



weeks late. We are having very cool weather just now. A heavy 



frost would spoil the corn. 



Ebkn Higgins. 



Franklin. — Crop prospects are better than a month ago. 



N. E. Newell. 



Randolph. — Indian corn is raised mostly for fodder. Crop 



good, but somewhat lodged by recent heavy rains. Field corn 



about two weeks late. Hungarian grass now being harvested and 



is a full average crop. 



R. A. Thayer. 



PL Y M OUTH COUNTY . 



Halifax. — Warm weather for a week or two longer will give us 

 a good corn yield. There is the largest crop of potatoes in town 

 that I ever saw. Rowen does not look as well as last year. 



GL W. Hayward. 



Hanson. — Recent heavy rains have greatly helped rowen, but 

 will not bring it up to the average. Pastures are now in fine con- 

 dition. A poor showing for apples. Farmers report that manure 

 spread on last fall did not seem to help the hay crop as it should 



have. 



Flavel S. Thomas, M.l). 



Hingham. — Corn is nearly two weeks late, and if it gets ripe 



will be ten per cent, below an average. Late potatoes look well, 



but there is some complaint of rot. Pastures have kept green 



most of the summer. 



Edmund Hersey. 



Marshfield. — There is only one " striking fact" in this locality. 



The crops on the reclaimed marshes are exceptionally good. 



Without special fertilizers, large crops of potatoes are grown this 



season. 



Geo. J. Peterson. 



