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social life demanded by the farmers of to-day. All very rough 

 farms must necessarily be discontinued for ordinary farming, and 

 all very isolated ones ought to be for the good of the occupants. 

 Good farms well situated are not abandoned in this vicinity. 



Avon (S. F. Olivkr). — Indian corn is a full average crop. 

 Late potatoes a good crop both in quantity and quality. The 

 average amount of fall seeding has been done ; winter rye has got 

 a good start, and grass-land has got start enough to prevent its 

 winter-killiug. There are no cultivated cranberry bogs, but the 

 natural bogs yield well. Inquiries for and values of farm property 

 are increasing every year, and there is also a tendency to a higher 

 valuation of taxable property. This winter will doubtless be a 

 good one for the farmers, so far as having a good stock of vege- 

 tables on hand. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Mansifielcl (D. E. Harding). — Indian corn is a full average 

 crop. Potatoes are more than an average crop. Fall seeding is 

 in very good condition. There is a good yield of cranberries. 

 There has been very little inquir}'^ for farm property the present 

 season. Our crops as a whole have been much more than an 

 average. The potato crop has been especially large, and other 

 vegetables have been abundant. 



Digliton (A. W. Paul). — Indian corn is more than an average 

 crop. Late potatoes are a full average both in yield and quality. 

 The average amount of fall seeding has been done, and is in fair 

 condition. Few cranberries are raised here ; yield is an average. 

 The abandonment of farm property in this section has been con- 

 tinuous for years. I think ten places are for sale in Dighton now, 

 while a few years ago there were none. Children born of American 

 parents almost invariablj' abandon the farm in this vicinity. Fewer 

 hours, more excitement and faster life are demanded. 



Somerset (Joseph Gibbs) . — Indian corn is about seventy-five 

 per ceut of an average crop. Late potatoes are an average crop 

 in yield and quality. The custom of fall seeding is increasing in 

 this vicinity, and the last of August is thought to be the best time. 

 There have been no farms in this vicinity abandoned. Farms have 

 sold readily when offered, and are not a drug in the market. 



North West2^ort (A. S. Sherman). — Indian corn is a full 

 average crop. Late potatoes are an average crop both in yield and 

 quality. Very little fall seeding has been done on account of dry 

 weather. Not many cranberries are raised in this vicinity. The 

 abandonment of farm property is greatest at the present time. 

 The reasons are that it costs so much to run a farm, crops are 



