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normal in value. Root crops are not average on the whole, some 

 fields being good and others poor. Farm stock is in good condition. 

 Fall seeding is somewhat late, but looks fairly well. Early crops sold 

 for high prices; later ones low. Early sweet corn and cabbage have 

 been our most profitable crops and squash and late beans our least 

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

 profitable one for our farmers. Streams and ponds are still low, but 

 surface springs are well filled. Fall feed is abundant; not much rowen 

 and what there was mostly spoiled by continued dull weather. 



ESSEX COUNTY. 



Salisbury (Wesley Pettengill) . — The corn crop is not quite up 

 to the normal in value, say 75 or 80 per cent. Most root crops are 

 considerably below the average. Farm stock is looking well and 

 pastures have held out remarkably well. But little fall seeding has 

 been sown, but it is looking finely. Crops have brought about aver- 

 age prices; some higher and some lower. Hay and apples have been 

 our most profitable crops and potatoes our least profitable one. The 

 year has been a good average one for the farmers in tliis section. 

 Squashes were a large crop and most of them were sold to the canning 

 factory for $6 per ton. 



Methuen (Frederick A. Russell). — Sweet corn was an average 

 crop; ensilage corn and field corn late and injured by frost. Carrots 

 and parsnips are scarce and potatoes are scarce and poor. Farm 

 stock is in very fair condition. Fall seeding is in very good condition. 

 Prices for crops raised for market were higher than usual untU August 

 1, and since then have been about average. Peas, beans, cabbage, 

 beets, sweet corn and cauliflower have been our most profitable crops 

 and potatoes, onions and tomatoes our least profitable ones. As a 

 whole, the season has been somewhat below the average. The con- 

 dition of streams and springs has been improved by recent rains, but 

 in deep wells the water is still low. 



Topsfield (B. P. Pike). — Indian corn is 80 per cent of a full crop 

 in value. Root crops have proved to be about 80 per cent of the 

 normal. Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is in very 

 good condition. Prices for crops raised for market have been up to 

 the average. Apples, potatoes and corn have been our most profitable 

 crops and hay our least profitable one. Considered as a whole, the 

 season has been a profitable one for our farmers. Streams, springs 

 and wells have recovered from the effects of drought. Milk is our 

 main money crop; others are side lines. 



Wenham (N. P. Perkins). — There is but little corn in this vicinity. 

 Root crops, with a few exceptions, have not proved average crops. 

 Farm stock is generally in good condition, as fall feed has been good. 

 Fall seeding is looking well. Prices have been fairly good for farm 

 crops. Early cabbage, early potatoes, milk, apples and parsnips have 



