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least profitable one. The season has hardly been an average one for 

 profit. Wells are low, streams have dried up and springs are low. 

 Milk is a little short. 



Westwood (Henry E. Weatherbee). — The corn crop is above the 

 normal. Root crops are not up to the average. Farm stock is in very 

 good condition. Fall seeding is not in very good condition, owing to 

 the drought. Prices for crops raised for market have been a fair aver- 

 age. Tomatoes have been our most profitable crop, and potatoes our 

 least profitable one. The season has not been a profitable one. Sj^rings, 

 streams and wells are very low and vegetation very dry. 



Walpole (Edward L. Shepard). • — The corn crop is about 85 per 

 cent of the normal in value. Root crops are not good average crops. 

 Farm stock is in fairly good condition. Fall seeding is about normal. 

 Prices are about as usual. No one has made more than a living at 

 farming this season. Crops have done fairly well, in spite of the 

 drought, but springs and wells are dry for the first time in twenty-five 

 years. 



Franklin (C. M. Allen). — Corn is very high and above the normal 

 in value. Root crops are up to the usual average. Farm stock is in 

 fine condition. Owing to the drought, fall seeding has made a poor 

 showing. Crops raised for market are above the average in price. 

 Corn has been our most profitable crop, and potatoes our least profit- 

 able one. Help has been so high that there has been no profit in 

 farming. The drought has done less damage than in many other years. 



Bellingham (John J. O' Sullivan). — The corn crop is above the 

 average in value. Root crops are up to the usual avei'age. Farm 

 stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is in fair condition, but needs 

 rain badly. Prices for market crops have been about the same as 

 usual. Hay has been our most profitable crop, and potatoes our least 

 profitable one. Considered as a whole, the season has been an average 

 one for profit. Everything is badly dried up. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Mansfield (Wm. C. Winter). — The corn crop is presumably above 

 the normal in value. Root crops are good average crops. Farm stock 

 is generally in good condition. Fall seeding is coming along well, what 

 little has been done. Potatoes and corn bring higher prices than 

 usual, other crops about as usual. Hay has been our most profitable 

 crop, and apples our least profitable one. The season is about an aver- 

 age one for profit. Streams and wells are now quite low, but the 

 drought is doing httle damage to vegetation. 



Dighton (Howard C. Briggs). — The corn crop is 25 per cent above 

 the normal in value. Root crops are up to the usual average. Farm 

 stock is in average condition. Fall seeding is poor except on very low 

 ground. Prices for crops raised for market are lower than usual. 

 Strawberries are our most profitable crop, and tomatoes our least 



