South Williamstown. — Corn good growth, but the early frost 

 'killed forty per cent of the crop here. Potatoes fair yield, and 

 quality never better. The quality of ensilage gathered before the 

 frost is good. 



S. A. Hickox. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



JSforth Dartmouth. — The last two weeks have been very unfav- 

 orable for gathering rowen. Very heavy storms the past week, 

 which twisted corn badly and broke it down. Have had hard 

 frost, that damaged corn some and stover more. 



L. T. Davis. 



North Raynham. — The continued rainy weather has been very 

 detrimental to all crops. There has been no time to make rowen, 

 and fodder corn has been delayed in cutting until spoiled by frost. 

 Grapes were entirely ruined by the frost of September 30. 



N. W. Shaw. 



Swansea. — September very wet. Rowen put in in bad condi- 

 tion. Early potatoes sound, late varieties rotting. First frost of 

 any account this morning, September 29. 



J. E. Eastabrooks. 



DUKES COUNTY. 



Chilmark. — The quality of the corn crop is excellent, except- 

 ing that it is very green and there is danger that a heavy frost may 

 injure it. 



B. T. HlLLMAN. 



ESSEX COUNTY. 



Georgetown. — The long term of wet weather of the past two 

 weeks is doing as much damage to our crops as the early frosts. 

 Most of our rowen was cut and is spoiled. It is not worth hauling 

 to the barn. Everything needs warm, dry weather or the loss will 

 be very great. 



O. S. Butler. 



Haverhill. — The season has been very backward, although 

 growiug crops looked well, and doubtless would have done well, 

 had the warm weather reached us which " Old Prob." promised for 

 this month. But instead we had an early frost, followed by nearly 

 two weeks of rain, and then another heavy frost. 



G. F. S. Webster. 



