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of the late spring rains so that the drought did not injure them. 

 Late crops were not planted until the drought was broken, and 

 came on quickly. All root crops have done well, although the late 

 rains prevented early planting. The warm weather of the last few 

 weeks has improved them wonderfully. Farm stock is in good 

 condition. Very little fall seeding has been done. Prices have 

 ruled about the same with a slight upward tendency. Milk pro- 

 duction is the largest and most profitable work carried on, and 

 most of the crops are intended to be used for feeding cattle. The 

 season has been a good one, the milkmen having had good feed for 

 their stock nearly all the time. There has been a good demand for 

 milk, and with good prices. Vegetation and water supplies have 

 recovered from the effects of the drought. While most of the 

 people in this section are employed in the factories, we find that 

 where they have always bought their vegetables, the kitchen garden 

 is now becoming much more common, and the people generally are 

 seeking to overcome the high cost of living by raising what they 

 can on even small lots. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Easton (William N. Howard). — In both quality and quantity 

 the corn crop is about normal. The late, wet spring was rather un- 

 favorable to the crop, but the hot season has been well extended 

 into the fall. Potatoes are excellent; turnips, average; beets, car- 

 rots and parsnips, good crops. Pasture feed is short at the closing 

 season, but farm stock is in average condition. It has been too dry 

 except on lowlands for successful fall seeding. Crops have brought 

 average prices, as a rule, with a downward tendency. No one is 

 getting rich very fast, so far as I have observed. Vegetation, 

 streams, springs and wells have not recovered from the unusual and 

 extreme drought. 



Mansfield (E. Jasper Fisher). — The corn crop was less than 

 normal in quantity and quality. Cool nights and lack of moisture 

 have been unfavorable factors in the development of the com crop. 

 Root crops have been about an average. Farm stock is in fairly 

 good condition. The fall seeding is in good shape. Market prices 

 have been somewhat lower than in former years. The most profit- 

 able crops, in order, have been hay, corn, potatoes, cucumbers and 

 apples. The least profitable crops, in order, have been cranberries, 

 pears, strawberries and peas. As a whole it has been a fairly 

 profitable season for farmers. Vegetation and water supplies have 

 not recovered from the drought. 



Norton (Henry G. Danforth). — The quality of the corn crop 

 is normal. Unfavorable factors in its development were drought 



