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Root Chops. 



Root crops are, generally speaking, in good condition. 

 Some few correspondents report that they are not up to the 

 average in condition, but these reports are nearly, if not 

 quite, balanced by those who report the condition to be 

 unusually good. Potatoes are an unusually heavy crop of 

 excellent quality. There is some complaint as to prices 

 received, but practically none as to the crop itself. Celery 

 appears to be a good, average crop. 



Farm Stock. 



There is considerable complaint that farm stock is thin 

 in flesh, because of poor feed in pastures, but otherwise it 

 is generally in good condition. Many farmers have been 

 feeding their stock, particularly cows in milk, at the barn 

 for the past month or more, and if it were not for this we 

 should probably have a much worse report of condition. 

 Feed in pastures appears to be still short in many cases 

 and rain is needed to put them in good shape for the winter. 



Fall Seeding. 



Considerably less than the usual amount of fall seeding 

 has been done, because of dry weather. That which is in 

 is also below the average of condition from the same cause. 

 The catch was poor in many cases, and where that has been 

 good there are frequent reports of the seeding being small 

 and backward. 



Prices. 



Prices received for farm crops taken as a whole appear to 

 have shown quite a general improvement over former years. 

 This may be due in a measure to shortage in particular 

 crops, but the upward trend of prices cannot be wholly 

 accounted for in this manner. Out of 147 answers to this 

 question 84 correspondents speak of prices as average, 48 

 as higher than usual and 15 as lower. 



