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BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Mansfield (VVm. C. Winter). — The value of the corn crop is 

 about normal. Roots will generally be about average crops. 

 Farm stock is in excellent condition. What little fall seeding is 

 done is in good condition. Prices for farm crops have been about 

 as usual. Hay has been our most profitable crop because of its 

 necessity in dairy operations and apples our least profitable one, 

 having been practically unsalable. All things considered the 

 season has been about an average one for profit. 



Atdeborough (Isaac Alger). — Indian corn is 15 per cent above 

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

 Farm stock is in very good condition, above the average. Fall 

 seeding is in good condition. The prices for crops raised for mar- 

 ket are somewhat higher than usual. Potatoes have been our most 

 profitable crop. The season has been a fairly good one for profit, 

 all crops having yielded well except cranberries, which are much 

 below the average. 



Norton (Wm. A. Lane). — The corn crop is a normal crop this 

 year. Root crops have proved to be average crops. Stock is in 

 good condition. Fall seeding is looking well. The prices of crops 

 raised for market are about one-seventh higher than in former 

 years. Potatoes have been our most profitable crop and corn our 

 least profitable one. This has been a poor season for farmers. 



Berkley (R. H. Babbitt.) — Corn is below the average in quan- 

 tity, but the high price will bring the value of the crop up to the 

 average. Root crops are good crops. Farm stock is in very good 

 condition. Fall seeding has done finely. Prices for crops raised 

 for market have been better than the average. Strawberries and 

 sweet corn have been our most profitable crops and potatoes our 

 least profitable one. The season has been better than an average 

 year considered as a whole. 



Westport (A. S. Sherman). — The corn crop is of greater value 

 than any other crop except hay. Root crops are up to the usual 

 average. Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seeding was never 

 in better condition. Prices for crops raised for market have been 

 up to former years and in some cases better. Hay has been our 

 most profitable crop and potatoes our least profitable one. Con- 

 sidered as a whole the season has been a profitable one for our 

 farmers. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 



Brockton (Davis Copeland). The corn crop is about 80 per 

 cent of a normal crop in value. Root crops have proved to be 



