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Prices of dairy products fully as good as in former seasons. 



Consider dairying profitable if properly carried on. Drawbacks 



are lack of. confidence in each other, and failure to work together. 



If the farmers would stand by each other and support their 



creamery, it would be better for all. Also, failure of farmers to 



make use of the silo. 



W. B. Barton. 



Cheshire. — More rain in July and less since would have pleased 

 most of the farmers in this section. Considered as a whole, how- 

 ever, the season has been a profitable one. Hay, corn, potatoes, 

 turnips and cabbages have been fairly satisfactory. Oats about 

 half a crop. Season has been favorable for the production of 

 milk and butter. Considerable cheese made here. Do not think 

 farmers are paid enough for their produce. Lack of "good help 

 seems to be uppermost as a drawback in dairying. 



L. J. NORTHUP. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Berkley. — Considered as a whole, the season has not been a 

 profitable one. Strawberries and onions have been fairly satis- 

 factory, late potatoes and cabbages liave been practically failures. 

 About an average season for the production of milk and butter. 

 Prices of dairy products a little below the average of former sea- 

 sons. Milk all sold. Very little butter made. Do not consider 

 dairying profitable, at present prices. Chief drawbacks are too 

 many in the business and poor pastures, which compel the feeding 



of much grain. 



R. H. Babbitt. 



North Dartmouth. — Season fairly profitable. Potatoes and 

 corn, particularly ensilage corn, and most garden truck, fairly 

 satisfactory. No crops practically failures. Season favorable for 

 the production of milk and butter. Dairy products have been 

 about as usual in price, and are mostly shipped as milk to city 

 consumers. Consider dairying profitable when managed skil- 

 fully. Perhaps the rise in feeding material, with the present 

 prices of dairy products, the greatest drawback. 



L. T. Davis. 



Somerset. — As a whole, the season has been a profitable one. 

 Hay, potatoes, small fruits and corn were fairly satisfactory, 

 while apples, oats and rowen were practically failures. The sea- 

 son has been favorable for the production of milk and butter. 



