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Framingham (Mervin R. Parsons). — The corn crop is better than 

 average, but I do not know that it is more valuable. Root crops are 

 not up to the average. Stock is in good condition, although pastures 

 have been very short. Fall seeding is in poor condition. Prices have 

 been good, better than average for crops raised for market. Apples 

 have sold extra well and have been our most profitable crop, and pota- 

 toes have rotted badly and have been our least profitable one. Con- 

 sidered as a whole, the season has been a profitable one. Streams, 

 springs and wells are the lowest ever known. 



Stoio (Geo. W. Bradley). — The corn crop will compare favorably 

 with the average in value. Root crops are up to the average. Farm 

 stock is in very good condition. Fall seeding looks very well, consider- 

 ing the dry weather. 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. Vegetation does not seem 

 to be as badly affected by the drought as do the streams and wells. 



Townsend (Geo. A. Wilder). — ^Corn is an average crop. Root 

 crops are giving average yields. Farm stock is in good condition. 

 Fall seeding is in good condition. Prices for crops raised for market 

 have been higher than usual. Apples and potatoes have been our most 

 profitable crops. Considered as a whole, the season has been a profit- 

 able one for our farmers. In certain parts of the town wells are low, 

 but the condition is not serious. 



Dunstable (A. J. Gilson). — The corn crop compares well with the 

 normal. Root crops have proved to be a little above the average. 

 Farm stock is generally in good condition. Fall seeding is in as good 

 condition as can be expected for the dryness of the season. Generally 

 farm crops have sold a little lower than in former years. The hay 

 crop has been considered the most profitable crop of the season, and 

 fruit crops have not been very profitable. The season has been about 

 an average one for our farmers. The drought has greatly retarded the 

 growth of vegetation, and streams, springs and wells are extremely low. 



Chelmsford (W. B. Bullock). — The corn crop is about an average 

 one. Root crops have done extra well. Farm stock is looking well. 

 Fall seeding is in fine condition. Fruit has sold for good prices, but 

 hoed crops have been a good deal lower than usual. Apples have been 

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

 a whole, the season has been a profitable one. Streams, springs and 

 wells are a good deal lower than for a good many years. 



Concord (Wm. H. Hunt). — Not much corn is grown for grain, mostly 

 sweet corn and ensilage corn. Root crops are a little below the aver- 

 age. Farm stock is in good condition. Seeding has been slow to start, 

 on account of continued dry weather. On the whole, prices for farm 

 crops are about up to the average. Strawberries were our most profit- 

 able crop, being uneven in yield but bringing good prices. Asparagus 

 was a very light crop, owing to rust on old fields and frost in the grow- 



