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these, in conjunction with cotton-sccd meal, gluten meal, 

 linseed meal or gluten feed. Of the more concentrated feeds 

 cotton-seed meal seems to be the one in most common use, 

 with gluten a close second. Other feeds mentioned are 

 maize feed, tine feed, oil meal, rye feed, proteina, brewers 

 grains and various tine and mixed feeds. The combinations 

 and amounts used vary greatly, so much so that it is impos- 

 sible to summarize from the information obtained. 



Fall Seeding. 



Fall seeding may be said to be generally in good condition, 

 most correspondents reporting it as either average, good or 

 excellent, while the majority of the remainder speak of it as 

 fair. Only a few call the condition poor. 



Most Profitable Crops. 

 As was to be expected, there was great diversity of 

 opinion among the correspondents as to the most profitable 

 crops. Fifty-seven considered hay to have been among the 

 most profitable crops ; thirty-five, potatoes ; nineteen, corn ; 

 six, cabbages ; four, onions ; four, oats ; three, rye ; three, 

 tobacco ; two, barley ; two, asparagus ; two, early peas ; 

 two, cranberries ; one, squash ; one, turnips ; and one cran- 

 berries. 



Least Profitable Crops. 



Thirty correspondents state that apples are among the 

 least profitable crops; twenty-six, potatoes; twenty-five, 

 corn ; five, cranberries ; four, tobacco ; four, squashes : four, 

 cabbages ; three, onions ; three, rowen ; two, pears ; two, 

 beans; two, hay ; one, cauliflower; and one, small grains. 



Profits of the Season. 



There is quite general complaint that the season has not 

 been an average one for profit. The majority of corre- 

 spondents report it to have been either a poor season or not 

 up to the average. Very few speak of it as more than 

 average. Much of this is due to the drought of the early 

 season, which cut many crops short, and much to the slow 

 sale of agricultural products. Cranberries, while a fine crop, 

 have met with a poor sale and very many growers will 

 barely cover expenses. Much the same condition prevails 

 in regard to the sale of onions and tobacco. 



