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cent of the normal in value. Root crops are not up to the average. 

 Farm stock is in fairly good condition. Fall seeding is not as good as 

 usual, on account of drought. Prices for crops raised for market are 

 somewhat higher than usual. Hay and potatoes have been our most 

 profitable crops. The season has been a little above the average for 

 profit. Vegetables have been rather small, owing to drought, and 

 springs, streams and wells were never so low. 



Millis (E. F. Richardson). — Indian corn is about 85 per cent of a 

 normal crop in value. Root crops are below the average, owing to 

 drought. Farm stock is in fair condition, but that kept in pasture 

 exclusively is thin. Fall seeding is backward, owing to dry weather. 

 Prices for farm crops are up to the average. Hay and corn are our 

 most profitable crops and potatoes our least profitable one. Con- 

 sidered as a whole, the season has been a profitable one for our farmers. 

 The drought is severe. 



Franklin (C. M. Allen). — The corn crop is 85 per cent of the nor- 

 mal in value. Root crops are 10 per cent below the average. Farm 

 stock was in fair condition. Fall seeding is nearly all dried up. Prices 

 have been higher than usual for farm crops, and crops have cost more 

 to produce. Hay has been our most profitable crop and apples our 

 least profitable one. There has been no profit on most crops this 

 year. The drought is more severe than for fifty years and hundreds 

 of acres are all dried up. 



Foxboro (Wm. E. Perkins). — The corn crop is three-fourths of a 

 normal crop in value. Root crops are average crops. Farm stock is 

 in good condition. Fall seeding is backward. Prices have been nor- 

 mal for crops grown for market. Hay has been our most profitable 

 crop and potatoes our least profitable one. Considered as a whole, 

 the season has not been a profitable one for our farmers. Late fodder 

 crops were very light, owing to drought; many springs and wells are 

 dry that never failed before. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Easton (Wm. N. Howard). — Indian corn is more valuable than 

 common. Turnips are light, owing to extreme drought. Farm stock 

 is in fair condition; farmers are turning cattle into the mowings. Fall 

 seeding is in good condition on low lands and poor on uplands. Prices 

 for farm crops are a fair average. Sweet corn, beets and cabbages are 

 our most profitable crops and potatoes our least profitable one. The 

 drought is very serious, large numbers are drawing water, and many 

 are digging new wells or digging old ones deeper. 



Mansfield (E. Jasper Fisher). — The value of the corn crop will 

 be quite a little above the normal. Root crops are hardly up to the 

 average, owing to drought. Farm stock is in pretty good condition. 

 Fall seeding is very backward. Prices for crops raised for market are 

 about the same as usual. Corn and hay have been our most profitable 



