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of the normal in value. Root crops are hardly up to the average. 

 Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is in fine condition. 

 Prices for crops grown for market have compared favorably with 

 other years. Cranberries have been our most profitable crop. Con- 

 sidered as a whole, the season has not been quite up to the average. 

 Streams, springs and wells have recovered from drought to a great 

 extent. Cranberry picking has been very much delayed by the un- 

 usual amount of moist weather and there are still quite a few on the 

 vines. 



Brewster (Thomas D. Sears). — The corn crop compares very 

 favorably with a normal crop. Root crops are very good and above 

 the average. Farm stock is looking very well. Fall seeding is looking 

 well. Prices for farm crops are rather better than for the past few 

 years. The potato crop has been our most profitable crop and cran- 

 berries and apples our least profitable crops. I think the season has 

 been a profitable one for our farmers, taken as a whole. Streams, 

 springs and wells have recovered from the effects of drought. 



Wellfleet (E. S. Jacobs). — Corn is little raised, but is about normal. 

 Nearly all root crops are below the average, turnips especiaUj^ so. 

 Farm stock is in average condition. Fall seeding is looking well. 

 Prices have been above the average for about all crops. Melons and 

 small fruits have been our most profitable crops and potatoes and 

 squashes our least profitable ones. Early di'ought and late rainfall 

 damaged all kinds of vegetables and the season has been unprofitable. 

 Springs and wells are very low, but have somewhat improved. 



Truro (John B. Dyer). — Indian corn is probably an average crop, 

 but is not much raised. Root crops are average yields. Farm stock 

 is in good condition. Fall seeding is in good condition. Prices for 

 crops raised for market are fully up to the average, perhaps better. 

 Strawberries, apples and sweet corn have been our most profitable 

 crops and potatoes and cranberries our least profitable ones. I think 

 the season has been above the average for profit. Streams, springs 

 and wells have recovered from the effects of drought. Truck gardening 

 pays us the best of any line. All kinds of vegetables for Provincetown 

 market sell well when the battleships make harbor there, and the 

 summer boarders are also numerous. 



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West Tisbury (Geo. Hunt Luce). — Indian corn is about 60 per 

 cent of the normal in value. Root crops are much below the average. 

 Farm stock is in good condition. Very little fall seeding has been done 

 here. Prices for crops grown for market have been much higher than 

 usual. Corn has been our most profitable crop and hay our least 

 profitable one. Considered as a whole, the season has not been a 

 profitable one for our farmers. Streams, springs and wells have re- 

 covered from the effects of drought. 



