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Barnstable (John Bursley) . — Root crops are up to the usual 

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

 from fair to good condition. Prices for crops raised for market 

 have been 15 per cent above the average. Cranberries have been 

 our most profitable crop and oats and potatoes our least profitable 

 ones, though the latter brought very good prices. Considered as 

 a whole the season has been a profitable one. The few experi- 

 ments made with smoke or smudges to prevent frost have not 

 seemed to do any good, the smoke rising at once and the frost 

 being as severe ten feet from the fire as elsewhere. 



Dennis (Joshua Crowell). — Root crops are hardly up to the 

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

 in fair condition, but there was very little done. Prices for 

 crops raised for market have been above the average. Cranber- 

 ries have probably been our most profitable ci'ops. The season 

 has been a fairly profitable one. Torches or smoke have only 

 been used in a small way to prevent frost and with varying 

 success. 



Chatham (E. Z. Ryder). — Root crops are about average with 

 former years, with the exception of turnips, which crop is almost 

 a failure. Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seeding looks 

 well and considerable has been done. Prices of market crops have 

 been a little above the average. Corn and hay have been our most 

 profitable crops and potatoes, turnips and onions our least profit- 

 able ones. The season has been a little above the average for 

 market gardening. Neither torches nor smoke are used to ward 

 off frost. 



Truro (D. E. Paine). — Root crops are up to the usual average. 

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

 Crops raised for market have brought better prices than commonly. 

 Potatoes have been our most profitable crop. Considered as a 

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

 Torches and smoke are not used in this section to prevent frost. 



NANTUCKET COUNTY. 



Nantucket (Wallace Gardner) . — Root crops are up to the 

 usual average, turnips and mangolds very fine. Farm stock is in 

 very good condition. Fall seeding is in fine condition. Prices 

 for crops raised for market are about 30 per cent better than 

 usual. Potatoes have been our most profitable crop and summer 

 squash our least profitable one. The season has been the most 

 profitable in my recollection. Torches or smoke are not used to 

 prevent frost. 



