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WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Brookfield (F. E. Prouty). — The corn corp is about three-fourths 

 the normal in value. Root crops are up to the usual average. Farm 

 stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is in fair condition. Prices 

 for crops raised for market are about average. Hay has been our 

 most profitable crop, and potatoes our least profitable one. Con- 

 sidered as a whole, the season has hardly been an average one for 

 profit. Streams, springs and wells are all quite low. 



North Brookfield (John H. Lane). — Indian corn is 80 per cent of 

 a normal crop in value. Farm stock is in fair condition. Fall seeding 

 is in poor condition, owing to drought. Prices for market products 

 have been fully up to the average. Potatoes have been our most 

 profitable crop, and apples our least profitable one. The season has 

 been fairly profitable, as prices are a little above the normal for some 

 things. Streams, wells and springs are very low and many dry. The 

 effect of the drought is likely to be felt for years on grass and trees. 



Barre (John L. Smith). — The corn crop is 10 per cent above the 

 normal in value. Root crops do not give average yields. Farm stock 

 is thin as a rule. Fall seeding is small and backward. Prices for 

 market crops have been above the average. Not many crops are raised 

 for sale, mostly grown for stock feeding. Considered as a whole, the 

 season is about average for profit, though help and grain have been 

 high. Vegetation has stood the drought much better than one would 

 expect, but has suffered severely; many springs and wells have failed 

 and are all low. 



Petersham (B. W. Spooner). — Including the fodder the corn crop 

 is more valuable than usual. Root crops are about average. All 

 stock is in good condition. Very little fall seeding has been done, 

 but it is looking well. There has been an advance in price for most 

 crops. Corn and potatoes have been our most profitable crops, and 

 beans our least profitable one. As a general thing farmers are not 

 complaining, and all hope to live through the winter. At present the 

 streams, springs and wells are all showing the effects of drought more 

 than vegetation. 



Templeton (Lucien Gove) . — Indian corn is four-fifths of a normal 

 crop in value, owing to the drought, low temperature and early frosts. 

 Root crops are average, with the exception of turnips, which are small 

 and of poor quality. Farm stock is rather poor in flesh. Fall seeding 

 is rather below the average. Prices have been somewhat better 

 than for several years. Hay, corn, potatoes, cabbage, asparagus and 

 tomatoes have been our most profitable crops, and apples, milk and 

 squashes our least profitable ones. The season has most decidedly 

 not been profitable, drought and light crops the cause. Streams, 

 springs and wells are very low, and vegetation is seriously injured 

 by drought. Two years will be needed to bring the fields and pastures 

 back to normal condition. 



