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corn have been our most profitable crops and potatoes and melons 

 our least profitable ones. Considered as a whole the season has 

 been a profitable one for our farmers. 



Bedford (Henry Wood). — Root crops are up to the usual 

 average. Farm stock is in very good condition. Fall seeding is 

 rather late. Prices for crops raised for market have been very 

 good. Strawberries have been our most profitable crop and 

 asparagus our least profitable one. The season has been a very 

 fair one for profit considered as a whole. Torches or smoke are 

 not used to prevent frost. 



Wohurn ("VV. H. Bartlett). — Root crops have generally been 

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

 average condition. Prices for crops raised for market have been 

 a little better than usual. Tomatoes and lettuce have been our 

 most profitable crops. Cucumbers have been almost a failure and 

 potatoes are a poor crop. The season has been fully an average 

 one for profit. Winter squashes are about half a crop, but are 

 selling for double the usual price. Celery is a good crop. 



Winchester (Marshall Symmes). — Root crops are rather above 

 the average. Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is 

 in good condition. Prices for crops raised for market have been 

 as high as for several years. String beans 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. 

 There is not half a crop of squashes and almost no winter apples. 

 Grain is a little more than double the price it sold for in 1897, while 

 milk and eggs are just the same price. 



Arlington (W. W. Rawson). — Root crops are up to the usual 

 average. Prices for crops raised for market have been better than 

 for the last two years. All crops have paid fairly well, but there 

 has been no great profit in out-door crops. Considered as a whole 

 the season has been a profitable one. 



ESSEX COUNTY. 



Haverhill (Eben Webster). — Root crops are not quite up tO 

 the average. Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seeding 

 looks well. Prices for crops raised for market are rather higher 

 than average. Hay has been our most profitable crop. Con- 

 sidered as a whole the season has been rather better than an 

 average one for profit. Torches or smoke are not used to prevent 

 frost. 



Groveland (Abel Stickney) . — Root crops are up to the usual 

 average, or nearly so. Farm stock is in good condition. Fall 



