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in price. Of the 128 correspondents answering the question 

 as to the profitableness of the season, 45 considered it to have 

 been a profitable one; 21, that it was an average season; 6, 

 that there had been a small profit; 18, that it had been fairly 

 profitable; while 5 said that it had not been very profitable, 

 and 33 that it had been an unprofitable season. 



Massachusetts Weather, 1907. 



[Compiled from Data furnished by Weather Bureau, Boston.] 



The weather of January was of mid-winter type, without 

 especial features. There were the usual number of storms 

 of average severity, with rain and snow, the monthly amounts 

 being somewhat below the average. Some of the storms were 

 accompanied by high winds and gales. The mean temper- 

 ature, 29.4°, was 1° below normal. The weather was very 

 cold during the last decade of the month. 



The low temperatures continued through February, the 

 month being one of the coldest Februarys on record, though 

 the extremes did not depart greatly from previous years. The 

 precipitation was nearly all snow, the total ranging from 11 to 

 36 inches. A severe storm on the 5th was accompanied by 

 gales of from 60 to 70 miles per hour. The month as a whole 

 was a very severe one. 



The weather of March was more moderate than usual, with 

 only two severe storms. The average temperature ranged 

 from 1° to 4° above the average for March. The minimum 

 temperatures of the first decade were low, and the maximum 

 temperatures during the closing days were high for the season. 

 At the close of the month the ground was free from snow. 



April as a whole was very unseasonable, with weather con- 

 ditions more like March than April. The monthly average 

 temperature was from 1° to 4° below the April normal. There 

 was much cloudiness and a heavy fall of snow, from 2 to 18 

 inches, on the Sth, 9th and 10th. The month closed with the 

 season from ten days to a fortnight later than usual. 



May opened with seasonable weather, but there was a marked 

 drop in temperature, and it continued very cool until the 9th. 

 From the 10th to the 20th the weather was seasonal. The 

 remainder of the month was unusually cool, light to moderate 

 frosts occurring on several nights. There was also a deficiency 



