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crops grown for market have not been as good as last year. Apples 

 have been our most profitable crop and potatoes our least profitable 

 one. Considered as a whole, the season has been a profitable one for 

 our farmers. Springs and wells are low and pastures dry. Cattle are 

 coming into the barn earlier than usual on account of the drought. 



Colrain (W. H. Davenport) . — Indian corn is a little above the 

 normal and well matured. Root crops are average, but not more, 

 owing to dry weather. Farm stock is looking well. Fall seeding suf- 

 fered somewhat from drought. Prices for farm crops are about as 

 last year. Apples are emphatically our most profitable crop, and 

 possibly potatoes are our least profitable one, as they are rotting, 

 though not badly. Considered as a whole, the season has been a 

 profitable one for our farmers. Streams are very low and springs and 

 wells exceptionally low, but vegetation stood the drought remarkably 

 well. 



Buckland (Eugene D. Griswold). — Indian corn is very nearly an 

 average crop, possibly a bit below the normal. Root crops have turned 

 out very well, with the exception of potatoes, which are rotting badly. 

 Farm stock is in excellent condition. Seeding is principally done in 

 corn and is looking well. Prices for farm crops are averaging higher 

 than for several years. Apples are our most profitable crop and pota- 

 toes our least profitable one, owing to rot. As a whole, the season has 

 been a good one for the farmer. Springs and brooks are very low, 

 some being entirely dry. 



Shelburne (W. J. Purrington). — Corn is rather more than a normal 

 crop. Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is in fairly good 

 condition. Prices are better than for several years. Apples have been 

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

 season has been a profitable one for our farmers. Many people are 

 out of water and some are drawing it quite a distance. 



Whately (C. L. Crafts). — The corn crop is about 90 per cent of 

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

 is in fair condition. Fall seeding is rather poor, owing to drought. 

 Prices for crops raised for market are about as usual. Onions and 

 tobacco are our most profitable crops, prices being good for the little 

 tobacco sold, and rowen and potatoes our least profitable ones, dry 

 weather checking rowen and rot affecting potatoes. On the whole, 

 this has been an excellent year. Streams, springs and wells are very 

 low. One water system, usually supplying forty farms, is almost 

 entirely dry, but four receiving any water. This system is supplied 

 b}^ springs which have not failed before since the reservoir was built, 

 some eleven years ago. 



Sunderland (Geo. P. Smith). — Indian corn is just about a normal 

 crop. Root crops are average crops. Farm stock is in good condition. 

 Fall seeding is in fair condition, having suffered from drought. Prices 

 for crops raised for market are rather higher than usual. Tobacco and 



