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Profits of the Season. 

 The season is liardlj regarded as a profitable one for our 

 farmers, 52 correspondents speal^ing of it as not profitable; 

 2, as fairly profitable ; 10, as not up to the average for profit ; 

 8, as not very profitable; 7, as an average season for profit; 

 and 41, as profitable. Crops have been short, owing to 

 drought and frost, and while prices have been high in most 

 instances the increase in price does not seem to have counter- 

 balanced the short yields. 



Streams, Springs and Wells. 

 The heavy rains of the month have had a good effect on 

 streams, springs and wells. In the western counties they 

 are almost universally reported as to have fully recovered 

 from the efi'ects of drought. In Worcester County and the 

 more eastern sections their condition is not quite as good, 

 there being quite a number of reports that deep-fed springs 

 and wells have not yet recovered, while a few report that 

 there is still a shortage of water in streams. These reports 

 are not numerous enough, however, to have any great bear- 

 ing on the condition for the State as a whole. The ground 

 is generally reported to be full of water, and grass and 

 vegetation to have recovered to a remarkable degree from 

 the previous bad effect of the drought. 



