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profitable one. I think that the season has been a profitable one 

 considered as a whole. Torches or smoke are not used to prevent 

 frost. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Easton (H. M. Thompson). — Root crops are not up to the usual 

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

 condition. Prices for crops raised for market are better than usual. 

 Hay and milk have been our most profitable products and corn our 

 least profitable one. The season has averaged to be a profitable one 

 with our farmers. Torches or smoke are not used to prevent frost. 



Norton (Wm. A. Lank) . — Root crops have proved to be up to the 

 usual average. Farm stock is in good fair condition. Fall seed- 

 ing is looking well. Prices for crops raised for market have been 

 about average. Hay and corn have been our most profitable crops 

 and potatoes our least profitable one. The season has been a fairly 

 profitable one. Neither torches nor smoke are used to prevent 

 frost. 



Berkley (R. H. Babbitt). — Root crops are up to the usual 

 average. Farm stock is in very good condition. Fall seeding is 

 below the average in condition. Prices for farm crops have been 

 better than for many years. Cabbages have been our most profit- 

 able crop and potatoes our least profitable one. Considered as a 

 whole the season has been better than an average one for profit. 

 I know of no one about here who has tried the use of smoke to pre- 

 vent frosts. 



Dighton (J. N. Paul). — Root crops are up to the usual aver- 

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

 condition. Prices for crops raised for market have been better 

 than in former years. Potatoes have been our most profitable 

 crop and strawberries our least profitable one. Considered as a 

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

 Neither torches nor smoke are used to prevent frost. 



Dartmouth (L. T. Davis). — Root crops have proved to be aver- 

 age crops. Farm stock is fully up to the average in condition. 

 Fall seeding is very promising'. There is not much change in the 

 prices of farm crops. Hay and corn have been our most profitable 

 crops and potatoes our least profitable one. As a whole the sea- 

 son just ending has been about as bad for many farmers as last 

 year, .and in some instances worse. The hay crop was good, and 

 the corn crop in most places was also good to very good, but pota- 

 toes and many vegetables were almost an entire failure. Some of 

 this season's disasters were caused by last year's drought. Neither 

 torches nor smoke are used to prevent frost. 



