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in good condition. "What little fall seeding has been done is above the 

 average. Prices for market crops have ruled lower than usual. Corn 

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

 season is not a profitable one for our farmers. Streams, springs and 

 wells that were never known to fail before are dry, making necessary 

 the carting of water for household uses and for cattle. 



Halifax (Mrs. G. W. Haywaed). — Corn is a good crop, well ripened, 

 and brings a high price. Root crops are not up to the usual average. 

 Farm stock is in quite good condition. FaU seeding is in poor con- 

 dition, because of drought. Potatoes bring high prices. Potatoes 

 and hay have been our most profitable crops. The season has not 

 been as profitable as some, but is fairly profitable. Everything is dry. 



Plympton (Winthrop Fillebrown). — The corn crop is not quite 

 up to the normal. Root crops on low ground have done very well. 

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

 Prices of market crops have advanced very slightly above former years. 

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

 able one. If it were not for the high price of grain, this would be a 

 very profitable year. Vegetation has withstood the drought wonder- 

 fully; streams and springs are very low. 



Carver (J. A. Vaughan). — The corn crop is a valuable one. Root 

 crops are not up to the average. Farm stock is in good condition. 

 FaU seeding is in fair condition. Cranberries are our most profitable 

 crop, and this crop, together with cutting, sawing and marketing pine 

 lumber, makes employment for nearly all our inhabitants. Considered 

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



Rochester (Geo. H. Randall). — The corn crop is about an average 

 crop in value. Root crops are nearly average. Farm stock is generally 

 in good condition. Early seeding very good; late seeding poor, on 

 account of drought. Prices of crops raised for market are a full aver- 

 age. Corn has been our most profitable crop, and potatoes our least 

 profitable one. The balance for the season seems to be on the wrong 

 side. Vegetation has suffered from drought, streams are nearly dry, 

 and springs and wells very low. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Bourne (David D. Nye). — The corn crop is a little above the normal 

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

 very good condition. Very little fall seeding has been done, but that 

 put in looks well. The prices for crops raised for market are better 

 than usual. Potatoes and corn have been our most profitable crops, 

 and hay our least profitable one. The season has been fairly profitable. 

 There has been a shortage of vegetation, caused by the drought. 



Mashpee (W. F. Hammond). — The corn crop is an average one. 

 Root crops are about average. Farm stock is in good condition to begin 

 the winter. Fall seeding looks well. Prices for market crops have been 



