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FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



BucJeland (J. D. Avert). — Root crops are not average, because 

 of drought. Farm stock is in average condition. Cotton-seed 

 meal and gluten are fed quite generally at the rate of two quarts 

 per cow. Fall seeding is not average, owing to drought and grass- 

 hoppers. Hay has been our most profitable crop and corn our 

 least profitable one. The past season has been the poorest in 

 several years. Potatoes were a light crop and the apple crop the 

 poorest in years. 



Colrain (A. A. Smith). — Root crops are average. Farm stock 

 is in good condition. Fall seeding is in fine condition. Hay and 

 corn have been our most profitable crops and potatoes and apples 

 our least profitable ones. The season has not been a profitable 

 one, for though the crops have been good, there are no purchasers. 



Shelburne (R. H. Cushman). — Root crops are not up to the 

 average in yield. Cattle are in fair flesh in spite of the drought. 

 Nearly all farmers feed cotton-seed meal, two quarts per day per 

 cow being the average feed. Fall seeding is backward, but im- 

 proving. Early potatoes sold readily and hay sells well. Corn 

 is our least profitable crop, being below average in yield. The 

 farmers' profits will not be as large as usual. 



Conway (J. C. Newiiall). — Potatoes are about an average 

 crop. Stock is not in average condition, owing to the severe 

 drought. Nearly all kinds of concentrated commercial feed stuffs 

 are used here in varying mixtures and amounts. Fall seeding is 

 looking very well. The season has hardly been an average one, 

 as it has been hard to sell anything. 



Deerjidil (Chas. Jones). — Root crops are average. Farm 

 stock is in fair condition. Concentrated commercial feed stuffs 

 are not much used. Fall seeding is in good condition. If 

 tobacco sells well it will be our most profitable crop, having made 

 a good growth, cured well and being free from pole sweat 

 Onions have beeu our least profitable crop. The season has 

 been a fair one. 



Sunderland (J. M. J. Legate). — Root crops are hardly 

 average. Farm stock is in good condition. Cotton-seed meal, 

 bran and some gluten are used in feeding dairy stock. Late 

 seeding is looking well. Onions have been our most profitable 

 crop and tobacco our least profitable one. The season has not 

 been a profitable one for our farmers, as crops are not good, and 

 there is no sale for them at a remunerative price. 



Montague (C. S. Raymond). — Root crops are somewhat below 

 average. Farm stock is not in as good condition as usual. 



