24 



Potatoes are our most profitable crop and grass our least profitable 

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

 one for our farmers. 



Medjield (Geo. R. Chase). — Roots have proved to be average 

 crops. Farm stock is generally in good condition, as our people 

 generally feed well. Fall seeding below the average, except on 

 low land. The price for winter apples is not yet fixed ; fall fruit 

 is so abundant as to render it unsalable. Cream, butter and milk 

 have been our most profitable products. The season has been a 

 very trying one, on account of the drought. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Attleborough (Isaac Ai.ger). — Root crops are hardly up to the 

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

 good condition. Apples have sold for about average prices, and 

 the crop has been a profitable one. Considered as a whole, the 

 season has been a fairly profitable one for our farmers. 



Mansfield (Wm. C. "Winter) . — Root crops generally under the 

 average. Farm stock in good condition. What little fall seeding 

 has been done is looking well. Apples are plenty and prices about 

 the same as for some j-ears past, — $1.50 per barrel ; I do uot con- 

 sider them profitable. Hay, though under average, is our most 

 profitable crop, and corn probably our least profitable one. All 

 early crops suffered much from drought ; late rains helped out some 

 of the late crops, and pastures are now in fair condition. I do not 

 consider the season a profitable one. 



Taunton (C. H, WiLiiARxn). — Root crops are average. Farm 

 stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is below the average, on 

 account of drought. Apples have been lower in price than in for- 

 mer years, but are still fairly profitable. The season has been a 

 fairly profitable one for our farmers. 



Raynliam (N. W. Shaw). — Root crops have not proved aver- 

 age crops. Farm stock is in fair condition. Fall seeding is not 

 in average condition. Prices for apples have been very low, but 

 nevertheless I consider the crop a profitable one. Hay has been 

 our most profitable crop and potatoes our least profitable one. The 

 drought and low prices have given the farmer but little, if any, 

 profit on his year's work. 



BerUey (R. H. Babbitt). — Root crops are not up to the aver- 

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

 but coming on w^ell. Prices for apples are lower than usual, but 

 the crop is very large ; there is a great deal of work for a little 

 money. Corn has been our most profitable crop and strawberries 



