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2, beets; 1, market-garden crops; 1, cranberries; 1, turnips; 

 1, cauliflowers; 1, parsnips; 1, celery; 1, millet; 1, fruits; 

 1, forage crops; 1, asparagus; 1, peaches; and 1, lettuce. 



Least Peofitable Crops. 



Seventy-one correspondents, more than a majority, and an 

 unusually large leading number, considered potatoes to have 

 been among the least profitable crops; 9, apples; 6, onions; 

 6, cabbages; 6, cranberries (an unusually large number for 

 this crop) ; 4, strawberries ; 2, fruit ; 2, rowen ; 2, squashes ; 

 1, cucumbers ; 1, celery ; 1, corn ; 1, sweet corn ; 1, beets ; 1, 

 currants; 1, cauliflowers; 1, buckwheat; 1, pears; and 1, root 

 crops. 



Profits of the Season. 



The season is generally considered to have been a profita- 

 ble one by the correspondents, 80 stating that it has been 

 profitable; 16, that it has been fairly profitable; 12, that it 

 has been an average year for profit; while 3 hold that it has 

 not been very profitable ; and 14, that it has been unprofitable 

 for the farmers in their sections. The crops were generally 

 good, despite the drought ; and prices having ruled high, with 

 the good hay crop and well-filled barns, made it difficult to 

 figure the year as anything but profitable, unless the view is 

 adopted that no year is profitable for those engaged in 

 farming. 



Effects of Drought. 



Crops were shortened in some instances by drought, but 

 there was surprisingly little damage from this source when 

 we consider the shortage there is in the rainfall for the year 

 when compared with the normal. What the effect will be 

 on grass roots in mowings and pastures remains to be seen, 

 but the heavy hay crop this year, owing to the good rains 

 in June, would seem to indicate that there is every chance 

 of their recovering with good rains next spring. The most 

 serious effect of the drought is on the water supply, and in 

 many sections farmers face the prospect of drawing water 

 from a distance throughout the winter, unless heavy rains 



