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average. Farm stock is up to the average in condition. Fall 

 seeding suffered at first from dry weather, but is now doing well. 

 Prices have been rather better than last year. Asparagus, straw- 

 berries and early truck crops have been our most profitable crops 

 aud squashes and onions our least profitable ones. On the whole, 

 I should say that the season had been a fairly profitable one. 



Woburn (W. H. Bartlett). — Root crops have done as well as 

 could be expected. Farm stock is in very good condition indeed. 

 Fall seeding is now looking very well. Prices for farm crops 

 have been better than usual for the whole season. Asparagus has 

 been our most profitable crop and winter squashes our least profit- 

 able one. The season has been about an average one for profit; 

 we have to pay more than our share Of the taxes, pay our help 

 more than they will earn, and with our fertilizer bills and running 

 expenses there is very little left. 



Stoneham (J. E. Wiley).— Root crops are up to the usual 

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

 good condition. Prices for farm crops have been better than usual. 

 Lettuce has been our most profitable crop and squashes our least 

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

 profitable one. 



Winchester (Marshall Symmes). — Beets are not an average 

 crop, but white turnips are better than usual. Farm stock is in 

 good condition. Rye and grass seed came up very well. Prices 

 for crops raised for market have been generally better than for 

 two years past. Spinach has been our most profitable crop. 

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

 Warm weather with rain has made the grass fresh and green, and 

 has helped the late turnips and cabbage. 



Newton (Otis Pettee). — Root crops are very fair when late 

 planted. Some fields of rye are looking very well, but little fall 

 seeding was done. Prices for crops raised for market have been 

 a fair average with last year. Corn and celery have been our most 

 profitable crops and hay our least profitable one. Mainly owing 

 to the extreme drought of the early season farming has not been 

 quite as profitable as other years. 



ESSEX COUNTY. 



Haverhill (Eben Webster). — Root crops are rather above the 

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

 excellent shape. Better prices have been received for crops raised 

 for market than in former years. Early potatoes have done very 

 well. Considered as a whole, the season has been fully m profit- 

 able as usual. 



