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Most Profitable Crops. 



There is the usual diversity of opinion among correspon- 

 dents as to which crops have proved most profitable, and 

 as last year a majority fail to unite on any one crop. Sixty- 

 nine consider potatoes to have been among the most profit- 

 able crops ; 42, corn ; 36, hay ; 16, apples ; 12, tobacco ; 9, 

 cranberries; 8, sweet corn; 6, cabbages; 5, asparagus; 4, 

 ensilage corn ; 3, celery ; 2, onions ; 2, beans ; 2, milk ; 2, 

 strawberries ; 2, peas ; 1, rye ; 1, root crops ; 1, small fruits ; 

 1, fruit; 1, beans; 1, lettuce; 1, spinnach ; 1, carrots and 

 1, parsnips. 



Least Profitable Crops. 



Twenty-five correspondents speak of hay as among the 

 least profitable crops ; 22, apples ; 22, potatoes ; 13, onions ; 

 12, squashes ; 9, corn ; 8, fruit ; 6, oats ; 6, milk ; 6, toma- 

 toes; 6, peas ; 4, cabbages ; 3, beans ; 3, peaches ; 3, straw- 

 berries ; 2 , buckwheat ; 2, barley ; 2, grain ; 2, melons ; 2, 

 root crops ; 2, small fruits ; 1, cucumbers ; 1, pears ; 1, grapes ; 

 1, celery ; 1, cranberries ; 2, market-garden crops ; 1, beets ; 

 and 1, turnips. 



Profits of the Season. 



Taking into consideration both the results obtained from 

 a classification of the returns, and the general tone of the 

 returns themselves, we are led to believe that the past year 

 has been a more than usually prosperous one for our farmers. 

 Almost all crops have made at least good average yields, and 

 where there has been any shortage it has usually been com- 

 pensated for by increased price received. Most farmers had 

 a surplusage of hay on hand at the beginning of the season, 

 so that the light hay crop will not be as severely felt as 

 would otherwise have been the case. Of 138 correspondents 

 answering the question as to the profits of the season, 91 

 regard the season as profitable, 29 as an average one for 

 profit and 23 as fairly profitable, while 29 think that it has 

 not been a profitable one. 



