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Lower prices for dairy products liave prevailed. Most of our 



farmers sell their milk to the milkmen. Do not consider dairvinsf 



profitable, at the present price of milk, which is twenty-five cents 



per eight-quart can. We want a creamer}' to use up the surplus 



milk. 



Joseph Gip.us. 



DUKES COUNTY. 

 West Tisbnry. — Considered as a whole, the season has been a 

 profitable one. Ha}', corn and potatoes have been fairly satisfac- 

 tory. Fruit has been practically a failure. Season has been 

 favorable for the production of milk and butter. Dairy products 

 have averaged in price with former seasons. Milk is sold at 

 summer resorts, and butter for local consumption. Dairying 

 barely profitable, owing to lack of a permanent market. 



Wm. J. ROTCII. 



ESSEX COUNTY. 

 Iljsivich. — As a whole, the season has not been a profitable 

 one. Hay, early potatoes (where they did not rot), and corn on 

 low land, with garden vegetables, were fairly satisfactory. Most 

 late potatoes have rotted, and corn for grain and silo on diy land ; 

 apples and pears were practically failures. Season favorable for 

 the production of milk and butter, except from last of June to 

 middle of August. Prices of dairy products lower, when com- 

 pared with former seasons. They should be twenty-five per cent 

 higher, to give n cash profit. Creamery here. The want of ice 

 has been a serious drawback to dairying this season. Not as 

 much o;rain has been fed this vear as last. Many farmers are 

 thinking it best to get less milk, and have smaller grain bills. 



O. C. Smith. 



Marhlehead. — Season fairly profitable. Cabbages and potatoes 

 fairly satisfactory, and squash i>ractically a failure. Season favor- 

 able for the production of milk and butter. No deviation in prices 

 of dairy products which are retailed. Consider dairying profit- 

 able. Chief drawbacks are lack of patronage, high rent and land 



taxes. 



Wm. S. Phillips, Jr. 



South Byfield. — Season hardly a profitable one for our farmers. 

 All crops fairly satisfactory, except potatoes and apples. Season 

 favorable for the production of milk and butter. Local causes 

 have deprived a good many of us of a market for dairy products ; 



