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have been about normal this season. Corn and potatoes have 

 been our most profitable crops and hay and oats our least profit- 

 able ones. The season has been above the average for profit 



Orange (Ansel Harrington) . - Root crops are not quite aver- 

 age m quantity but are of very good quality. Farm stock is in 

 very good condition. Fall seeding has not come up very well and 

 is backward on account of dry weather. Prices for farm crops 

 have been about the same as in former years. Corn for the silo 

 and hay have been our most profitable crops and apples and grain 

 of all kinds our least profitable ones. The season has not been an 

 average one for profit on account of the short hay crop, which is 

 the most important crop in this section. 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 



Prescott (W. F. Wendermuth) . - Root crops are up to the 

 usual average as to yield and quality. Farm stock is in good con- 

 dihon. Fall seeding is in fair condition. Prices for crops <n-own 

 for market have been fully up to the average. Potatoes and corn 

 have been our most profitable crops and cabbages our least profit- 

 able one. Considered as a whole, the season has been fairly 

 profitable. J 



Pelham (J. L. Brewer). — Root crops are not quite up to the 

 average. Farm stock is in fair condition. Fall seeding is look- 

 ing well. With the exception of potatoes prices for farm crops 

 have been up to the average. Potatoes and corn have been our 

 most profitable crops and hay our least profitable one. Consid- 

 ered as a whole, the season has been a profitable one. 



Amherst (Wm. P. Brooks) .- Root crops are much better than 

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

 good condition. Prices for potatoes and onions are low, cabbages 

 and squashes high, hay fair, tobacco good. Tobacco, onions and 

 potatoes have been our most profitable crops and hay has been 

 our least profitable one. The season has been an unusuallv prof- 

 itable one. 



Hadley (H. C. Russell) . — Root crops are not up to the usual 

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

 very good condition. Prices for crops raised for market have 

 been a little higher than the average. Tobacco has been our most 

 profitable crop and potatoes our least profitable one. Considered 

 as a whole, the season has been somewhat above the average for 

 profit. & 



South Hadley (H. W. Gtaylord) . - Root crops are up to the 

 usual average and potatoes on the heavier soils were an extra crop 



