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looks better than in September, but its growth is late and tender. 

 Half the winter apples are sold at $1 per bari'el, mostly for local 

 use. Prices have been low, but about as in former years. Pota- 

 toes have been our most profitable crop, and corn our least profit- 

 able one. Considered as a whole the season has not been a 

 profitable one. 



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

 age. Farm stock is in excellent condition. Fall seeding is in 

 good condition. About three-fourths of the winter apples are 

 gathered and one-half sold for export at 50 cents per barrel with- 

 out barrels. Prices for crops raised for market have been favora- 

 ble this season. Grass has been our most profitable crop, and 

 potatoes our least profitable one. Considered as a whole the sea- 

 son has been a profitable one. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Easton (H. M. Thompson). — Root crops have proved to be 

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

 doing well with good prospects of weathering the winter. Apples 

 here are as a rule stored over or into the winter, when they bring 

 better prices than sales would realize now. Prices of crops have 

 compared unfavorably with former years. Hay has been our most 

 profitable crop, and potatoes our least profitable one. Considered 

 as a whole the season has not been a profitable one. 



Seekonk (Solon Carpenter). — Root crops have proved to be 

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

 in very good condition. There are not many apples this year and 

 the crop has been sold at low prices. The prices for farm crops 

 are better than last year. Strawberries have been our most prof- 

 itable crop. Considered as a whole the season has been a profit- 

 able one. 



Somerset (Joseph Gibbs) . — Root crops have proved to be aver- 

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

 condition. Three-fourths of the winter apples have been sold at 

 from 30 to 40 cents per barrel. Hay has been our most profitable 

 crop, and potatoes our least profitable one. All crops have been 

 fairly good, but prices have ruled so low that few farmers have 

 made expenses. 



Fairhaven (F. C. Lyon). — Root crops, except potatoes, have 

 proved nearly average crops. Farm stock is in good condition. 

 The condition of fall seeding is excellent. About one-third of the 

 apple crop has been sold at from $1 to $1.50 per barrel. Prices 

 have been about the same as in former years. Hay has been our 



