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is in good condition to begin the winter. Fall seeding is looking 

 well. Prices for market crops have been about average. 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. After the heavy rains of September potatoes began to rot, 

 and many have not dug them at all. 



Barnstable (John Bursley). — Indian corn is 80 per cent of a 

 normal crop in value. All root crops except turnips have given 

 average yields, they being small and late. Farm stock is in good 

 condition. Fall seeding is in fine shape. Prices for crops raised 

 for market have been slightly higher than usual. Apples have 

 brought good prices, and have been most profitable where they 

 have yielded fairly well. Because of the very small crop of cran- 

 berries, returns have not been what owners expected. The season 

 has been fairly profitable. Receipts from poultry have probably 

 been the most satisfactory of those from our side lines. 



Breioster (Thos. D. Sears). — There is about a normal corn 

 crop. Root crops are rather above the average. Farm stock is 

 looking very well. Fall seeding is quite good. Prices for crops 

 raised for market have been about the same as in former years. 

 Potatoes have been our most profitable crop and cranberries our 

 least profitable one. Taken altogether, the season has been a 

 fairly profitable one for our farmers. 



Harwich (Ambrose N. Doane). — Indian corn is very much 

 better than a normal crop. Root crops are up to the usual aver- 

 age. Farm stock is in fair condition. Not much fall seeding has 

 been done. Prices have been much better for farm crops than 

 usual. Corn, potatoes and hay have been our most profitable 

 crop, and cranberries, our leading crop, our least profitable one. 

 The season has not been as good as an average one. 



Welljleet (Everett S. Jacobs). — Root crops are above the 

 average. Farm stock is in good condition. Very little fall seed- 

 ing is done here, but that put in is promising. Better prices for 

 market crops than usual have ruled throughout the season. Peas, 

 beans, sweet corn and tomatoes have been our most profitable 

 crop, and potatoes our least profitable one, owing to rot. Con- 

 sidered as a whole, the season has been a profitable one. 



DUKES COUNTY. 



West Tisbury (Geo. Hunt Luce) . The corn crop is an aver- 

 age one for value. Root crops are below average in yield. Farm 

 stock is in very good condition. Average prices have been re- 



