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Severe drought is opposed to growth and not the best for fruit. A 

 happy medium is moderate drought. 



Shrewsbury (Fred J. Reed). — Indian corn is up to a normal crop 

 in value. Root crops are average crops. Stock is looking well. Very- 

 little fall seeding was done on account of dry weather. Prices for 

 crops raised for market are about the same as usual. Cabbages and 

 tomatoes are our most profitable crops and potatoes our least profitable 

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

 profit. Many farmers are drawing water for their stock who never 

 had to do so before. 



Leicester (H. H. Kingsbury). — The corn crop is fully normal in 

 quantity and quality. All root crops except potatoes have proved to 

 be average crops. Dairy stock which has had feed at the stable is in 

 good condition. What little fall seeding was done looks well. Prices 

 of most farm crops are unchanged. Hay has been our most profitable 

 crop and potatoes our least profitable one. The season has not been 

 a profitable one if the production of milk is considered. Streams, 

 springs and wells are dry in many instances, and it causes much incon- 

 venience to supply stock with good drinking water. 



Sutton (J. E. Gifford). — The corn crop is 90 per cent of the normal 

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

 good condition. Drought has held back fall seeding from germinating. 

 Potatoes are low in price, but other crops are about the same as usual. 

 Apples have been our most profitable crop and potatoes our least 

 profitable one. Considered as a whole, the season is fairly profitable. 

 Vegetation has withstood drought fairly well, but springs and wells 

 have, in many cases, been dry for several weeks. 



Milford (J. J. O'Sullivan). — The corn crop is not up to the aver- 

 age in value. Root crops are below the average. Farm stock is about 

 as usual in condition. Fall seeding is short. Prices for crops raised 

 for market are fully up to the average of former years. Hay has been 

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

 season has not been profitable, because of the high prices our farmers 

 have to pay for what they buy. The drought has injured vegetation, 

 dried up wells and reduced streams. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



Hopkinton (W. V. Thompson). — The corn crop is about normal in 

 value. Root crops are not average. Pastured stock is thin because 

 of dry weather, but barn-fed stock is generally in good condition. Fall 

 seeding looks well in some cases, but is rather dry. Potatoes are low 

 in price, but apples bring fair prices. Corn has been our most profitable 

 crop and potatoes our least profitable one. The season cannot really 

 be called a profitable one for our farmers. Nearly all wells are dry. 

 August seeding of alfalfa looks well. 



