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any slight deficiency in prices, and the general feeling seems 

 to be that the season has been a profitable one. One marked 

 exception is in Bristol County, where the correspondents 

 are nearly unanimous in the belief that the season has not 

 been profitable. This feeling is probably largely due to the 

 low prices received for strawberries, one of the staple crops 

 of the county.* Of 154 correspondents answering this ques- 

 tion, 82 regard the season as profitable, 25 as an average 

 one for profit and 20 as fairly profitable, while 27 think that 

 it has not been a profitable one. 



