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Fall seeding is not looking as well as usual. Prices for crops are about 

 the same as in other years. Corn is our most profitable crop and pota- 

 toes our least profitable one, owing to low prices. The season has been 

 a good one for our farmers. Vegetation is green, owing to showers, 

 but streams, springs and wells are very low. 



Amherst (Wm. P. Brooks). — The corn crop is considerably above 

 the normal in yield, but prices must rule lower than for the last two 

 years. Root crops are average, but unimportant in this section. Farm 

 stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is mostly done in corn and 

 looks well; late seeding by itself is in fair condition, but had too little 

 rain. Prices for farm crops are lower than usual as a rule, except for 

 onions and squashes, which have been higher. Hay and tobacco have 

 been our most profitable crops, and onions where yield was good and 

 potatoes and cauliflower our least profitable ones, with onions the same 

 for many, owing to small yields. The season has been about average 

 for profit; dairy and poultry products have been high, also pork. 

 Occasional light showers have kept vegetation in fair condition, but 

 sources of water supply are all very low. 



Hadley (H. C. Russell). — The corn crop is 10 per cent better than 

 usual. Root crops are average crops. Farm stock is in good condi- 

 tion. Fall seeding is in poor condition. Prices for crops raised for 

 market are about the same as usual. Tobacco has been our most 

 profitable crop and potatoes our least profitable one. Springs and 

 wells are very low, never more so, and without heavy rains we shall 

 lack water this winter. 



Southampton (C. B. Lyman). — The corn crop was better than aver- 

 age and much better than was expected. Farm stock is in fairly good 

 condition. Fall seeding is in very good condition and more will be 

 done later. Prices for farm crops are about average. Tobacco and 

 hay have been our most profitable crops and potatoes and apples our 

 least profitable ones. The drought has cut short the feed in pastures 

 and many small streams and wells are dry. 



Westhamplon (Levi Burt). — The corn crop is fully normal in value. 

 Root crops are about two-thirds of the normal. Farm stock is in good 

 condition. Fall seeding is in excellent shape. Prices for crops raised 

 for market are about the same as last year. Taken as a whole apples 

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

 season has been a profitable one, with a full crop of hay and a fine 

 crop of corn. Streams and springs are very low, but vegetation has 

 not suffered as much as you would expect from drought. 



Chesterfield (Horatio Bisbee). — Indian corn is fully up to an aver- 

 age crop. Farm stock is in fairly good condition. Fall seeding is not 

 in the best condition. The abundant hay crop is our most profitable 

 crop and potatoes our least profitable one, on account of much rot and 

 low prices. Considered as a whole, the season has been a profitable 

 one for our farmers. Vegetation is brown from drought, streams are 



