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

 whole the season has been a profitable one. Neither torches nor 

 smoke are used to prevent frost. 



Kingston (Geo. L. Churchill). — Root crops are more than 

 average crops. Farm stock is in very good condition. E'all seed- 

 ing is in very good condition. Prices for crops raised for market 

 have been fully up to the standard. Hay has been our most prof- 

 itable crop and potatoes our least profitable one. Considered as 

 a whole the season has been a very good one. Torches and smoke 

 are not used to prevent frost. 



Bridgeivater (Rowland Cass) . — Late root crops are good aver- 

 age crops. Farm stock is in excellent condition. Early fall seed- 

 ing is in good condition. Prices have ranged higher this year with 

 the exception of cabbages, for which they have been lower. Corn 

 has been our most profitable crop and potatoes our least profitable 

 one. Farmers appear to be in better condition financially than for 

 some time past. I know of no one using any method to prevent frost. 



Carver (J. A. Vadghan). — Root crops are good crops. Farm 

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

 Most crops have sold quickly and for a better price than last year. 

 Cranberries have been our most profitable crop. Neither torches 

 nor smoke have been used to prevent frost in this vicinity. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Falmouth (D. R. Wicks). — Root crops are full average crops. 

 Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is looking finely. 

 All crops have brought prices fully up to former years. Hay has 

 been our most profitable crop and fruit, with the exception of cran- 

 berries, our least profitable one. The fruit crop is a failure and 

 does not promise well for the future because of the ravages of a 

 fungus which attacks the leaves of apple and pear trees, and which 

 has this year stripped the trees. As a whole I should say the sea- 

 son had been a profitable one. Torches or smoke are not used to 

 prevent frost. 



Mashpee (W. F. Hammond). — Root crops have been above the 

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

 looking fairly well. The prices of crops raised for market have 

 been above the average. Cranberries have been our most profit- 

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

 whole the season has been one in which our farmers have just 

 about held their own. Smoke from burning brush and from 

 torches was formerly used as a preventative against frost, but 

 after a few years trial it was given up as useless. 



