23 



most profitable crop and hay our least profitable one. On the 

 whole the season has not been a profitable one. 



Millis (E. F. Richardson). — Root crops have proved to be 

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

 average in condition on account of dry weather. Prices have been 

 less than usual for all crops, especially potatoes. Hay and pota- 

 toes have been our most profitable crops and apples our least 

 profitable one. The season has been a fair one for profit. 



Gohasset (E. E. Ellms) . — Root crops have proved to be aver- 

 age. Farm stock is looking extra well. Fall seeding is in good 

 condition. Prices for crops raised for market have been very 

 much less than in former years. Potatoes and peas have been 

 our most profitable crops and cabbages our least profitable one. 

 The season has been a very profitable one indeed for farmers. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Mansfield (Wm. C. Winter). — Root crops have been up to the 

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

 is looking well. Except for potatoes prices are a little better than 

 for the past few years. Hay has been our most profitable crop 

 and potatoes our least profitable one. The present year has been 

 an improvement on the past two or three but is hardly a profitable 

 one. 



Taunton (C. H. Wilmarth). — Root crops have turned out to 

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

 well advanced. Prices for farm products are about the same as 

 usual. Corn and potatoes have been our most profitable crops. 

 The season has been a profitable one, taken as a whole. 



Dighton (J. N. Paul). — Roots are full average crops. Farm 

 stock is in good condition. Prices are very mucb lower than usual. 

 The strawberry crop was the poorest in quantity, quality and price 

 ever grown ; potatoes were a good crop but sold for very low 

 prices ; cabbages a good crop but did not pay for marketing ; 

 onions, asparagus and beans were good crops but sold very low. 

 No profit in anything this year. 



Somerset (.Joseph Gibbs). — Drought has materially reduced 

 the yield of root crops. Farm stock is in good condition. Fall 

 seeding is not in good condition and many fields will have to be 

 reseeded. Prices for farm crops have ruled the lowest for years. 

 The h^y crop is the only paying crop this season. The season on 

 the whole has been a very unprofitable one in this section. 



Westport (A. S. Sherman). — Root crops are a good average. 

 Farm stock is in very good condition, milch cows are doing well. 

 Fall seeding is in very good condition. Prices are very low, much 



