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Dana (Lyman Randall). — The corn crop is fully normal. Root 

 crops are not average crops, especially on dry land. Farm stock is in 

 fair condition, but pasturage is short. Fall seeding is looking well. 

 Prices for most crops have not ruled as high as in some other years. 

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

 root crops our least profitable ones. Considered as a whole, the season 

 has been a profitable one. The drought has been hard on vegetation; 

 streams are very low, and springs and wells are dry, or nearly so. 



Petersham (B. W. Spooner). — Indian corn is a fair crop, but not 

 quite normal. All root crops, but flat turnips, are normal crops. Farm 

 stock is in good shape for winter. Very little fall seeding has been 

 done in this vicinity. Prices for crops raised for market have averaged 

 about the same as usual. The hay crop has been our most profitable 

 and potatoes our least profitable one, on account of dry weather. I 

 hear no complaint that the season has not been profitable. Pasturage 

 holds out well in spite of the drought, but streams, springs and wells 

 are very low. 



Templeton (Lucien Gove). — The corn crop is 90 per cent of the 

 normal. Root crops are 95 per cent of a full normal crop. Farm stock 

 is in good condition, considering the drought. Fall seeding is in fair 

 condition, though drought has shortened its growth. For most farm 

 crops prices have improved. Corn as ensilage, hay, cabbages, oats and 

 millet have been our most profitable crops and potatoes, apples and 

 squashes our least profitable ones. Considered as a whole, the season 

 has not been an average one. Pastures and fields are in poor condi- 

 tion, and wells, streams and springs are extremely low. A well dug 

 150 years ago has failed for the first time. 



Gardner (W. E. Knight). • — In this section Indian corn is an average 

 crop. Root crops are giving average yields. Farm stock is in fair 

 condition, but milch cows are not doing as well as usual. Little fall 

 seeding was done, owing to drought. We have had a ready market for 

 farm crops and good prices. Hay has been our most profitable crop 

 and cabbage our least profitable one. Considered as a whole, the sea- 

 son has been a profitable one for our farmers. Water is very low, many 

 wells are dry, and unless we have plenty of rain it will be hard for many 

 to care for their stock this winter. 



Fitchburg (Dr. Jabez Fisher). — Prices for crops raised for market 

 are decidedly better than usual. Fiuits have been our most profitable 

 crops and potatoes our least profitable one. The season has been about 

 an average one for profit. Moderate droughts are favorable to most 

 vegetation, as such conditions favor the formation of fruit buds for 

 the following year. If more severe the buds are still formed, but not 

 matured, in which case a very full bloom may occur, but as in this 

 season the set is more or less a failure, and the fruit either does not 

 show or drops off prematurely. Excessive rains force the growth of 

 wood and foliage, but this is not likely to be followed by fruitfulness. 



