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seeding looks first-class. Prices for crops raised for market have 

 been more than average. Hay and corn are our most profitable 

 crops while those least profitable are too numerous to enumerate. 

 "With some the season has been a profitable one and with others it 

 has not. Torches or smoke are not used to prevent frost. 



Newhury (G. W. Adams). — Root crops are up to the usual 

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

 in fair to average condition. As a rule prices for crops raised for 

 market have been rather higher than usual. Hay and potatoes 

 have been our most profitable crops and onions our least profitable 

 one. I should consider the season an average one for profit, 

 although the total failure of the apple crop must be taken into 

 account. Scarcity of decent farm help prevents development of 

 profitable acreage in some of our leading crops. 



Andover (M. H. Gould). — Root crops are up to the usual 

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

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

 higher than in former years. Sweet corn, cranberries and hay 

 have been our most profitable crops and potatoes, cucumbers for 

 pickling and onions our least profitable ones. Considered as a 

 whole I do not think the season has been a profitable one for our 

 farmers. Smoke has never been used about here to prevent frost. 



Topsfield (B. P. Pike) . Root crops are good crops. Farm stock 

 is in very good condition. Fall seeding is all right. Potatoes 

 bring a little higher price than usual. Hay has been our most pi*of- 

 itable crop and potatoes our least profitable one. Considered as 

 a whole the season has not been a profitable one for our farmers. 

 The price of grain is high and that of milk the same as usual. 

 Torches or smoke are not used to prevent frost. 



Manchester (John Baker) . — Root crops are good average crops. 

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

 condition. Prices for crops raised for market have been higher 

 than usual on the average. Corn, pears and celery have been our 

 most profitable crops and potatoes, apples and squashes our least 

 profitable ones. Cabbages are low and cranberries are a poor 

 crop. Torches or smoke are not used to prevent frost. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Randolph (R. A. Thayer). — Root crops are up to the usual 

 average. Farm stock is in excellent condition. Fall seeding looks 

 very promising. Crops raised for market have brought good 

 average prices. Hay and corn have been our most profitable crops 



