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BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Mansfield (Wm. C. Winter). — Indian corn is less than a normal 

 crop, just how much less is uncertain. Root crops are below the usual 

 average. Farm stock is in good condition. Little fall seeding was 

 done and it is backward. Prices for farm crops average about normal. 

 Hay has been our most profitable crop, and it is uncertain which crops 

 have been least profitable. I should say that the season had not been 

 profitable. The drought has had a bad effect on vegetation and the 

 water supply. Rains in September greatly improved pastures and 

 late vegetables, but had little effect on streams and wells. 



Seekonk (John W. Peck). — Corn is mostly raised for silage; value 

 for grain 75 per cent of the normal. Root crops are average, having 

 grown wonderfully since the rains. Farm stock is looking well, con- 

 sidering the long drought. Fall seeding has not made as good a 

 growth as some years, but is looking well. Prices have been better 

 than were expected, but are now declining. Early cabbages were 

 our most profitable crop, and potatoes our least profitable one. The 

 season has been a profitable one, owing to good prices. Many crops 

 were so retarded by drought that they did not mature in time to 

 escape the frosts. Springs and wells were the lowest ever known and 

 are still low. 



Dighton (Howard C. Briggs). — Indian corn is 33 per cent of a full 

 crop in value. Root crops are not up to the usual average. The 

 condition of farm stock is average. Fall seeding is in good condition 

 on low lands, but is poor on high lands. Prices for market crops have 

 been a little better than the average. Strawberries and tomatoes have 

 been our most profitable crops, and potatoes our least profitable one. 

 Considered as a whole, the season has not been profitable. Streams, 

 springs and wells are very low or dry; vegetation shows the effects 

 of drought very plainly. 



Swansea (F. G. Arnold) . — Many fields of corn are a total failure, 

 on account of dry weather, but the crop will average from 35 to 40 

 per cent of a normal. Beets are good, carrots fair and turnips a failure. 

 Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is good but late. Prices 

 for crops raised for market are about the same as usual. Late potatoes 

 and late tomatoes have been our most profitable crops, and corn and 

 early potatoes our least profitable ones. I do not consider the season 

 a profitable one. Wells are the driest ever known; streams and 

 springs are low; pastures gave out early, and many farmers have fed 

 stock at the barn since July. 



Berkley (Rollin H. Babbitt). — Indian corn is rather below a 

 normal crop. Root crops have not proved to be up to the average and 

 are almost a failure. Farm stock is in fairly good condition. Fall 

 seeding is rather backward, but is coming forward nicely since the 

 rains. Prices for market crops are good, but the yields are small. 

 Tomatoes have been our most profitable crop, and potatoes our least 



