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well; some later sown not up yet. Prices for crops raised for market 

 have been somewhat above the average. As a whole, corn has been 

 our most profitable crop. The season has not been a very profitable 

 one, farmers not much more than holding their own. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 



Brockton (Davis Copeland) . — There is very little corn raised in 

 this vicinity. Root crops are nearly up to the average. Farm stock 

 is in good condition. Fall seeding is in good condition. Prices for 

 crops raised for market have been somewhat higher than usual, but no 

 more so than the price of labor. Hay has been our most profitable 

 crop, and potatoes our least profitable one. Considered as a whole, 

 the season has not been a very profitable one. 



West Bridgewater (Clinton P. Howard) . — Indian corn is not over 

 three-fourths of a normal crop. Root crops are not quite up to the 

 average. Young stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is looking 

 well. There is an advance of from one-fourth to one-third in the price 

 for most crops, making a gross return of about the same as last year 

 on a larger crop. Sweet corn has been our most profitable crop, and 

 beans our least profitable one. The season has been a profitable one 

 for most of us. 



Hanover (Harrison L. House) . — The crop of Indian corn is a 

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

 stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is in good condition. Prices 

 for crops raised for market are rather higher than usual. Potatoes 

 have been our most profitable crop, and corn our least profitable one. 

 The season is fully up to the normal in profit,, the higher prices having 

 made up for the shortage in crops. 



Alarshfield (J. H. Bourne). — Taking into account the higher price 

 of corn, the crop is 80 per cent of the normal in value. Root crops are 

 not quite up to the average. Farm stock is in excellent condition, 

 the late rains having given full feed. Fall seeding is coming on well. 

 Prices for crops raised for market are 10 per cent higher than in former 

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

 profitable one. Considered as a whole, the season has not been quite 

 up to the average of profit for the last ten years. 



Carver (J. A. Vaughan). — The corn crop is an average one in value. 

 Root crops are up to the usual average. Farm stock is in good condi- 

 tion. Fall seeding is in good condition. Prices for crops grown for 

 market have been higher than usual. Cranberries have been our 

 most profitable crop, and potatoes our least profitable one. Straw- 

 berries and cranberries, our money crops, were average yields and 

 brought good prices; so, on the whole, the season may have been a 

 profitable one. 



Lakeville (Nathaniel G. Staples) . — Indian corn is about a seven- 

 eighths crop in value. Root crops are off 25 per cent from the average. 



