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Gardner (W. E. Knight). — Indian corn is three-fourths of a full 

 crop. Root crops are not grown about here. Farm stock is in fair 

 condition. Fall seeding looks fairly well. Prices for market crops 

 have been higher than usual. Potatoes have been our most profitable 

 crop, and grass our least profitable one. Considered as a whole, the 

 season has been a profitable one. Pastures are short, streams very 

 low, and many wells are dry. 



Ashburnham (E. D. Gibson). — For grain corn is half the normal in 

 value and three-fourths for the silo. Root crops are hardly average, 

 on account of drought. Farm stock is in fair condition, but a little 

 thin in flesh. Not as much fall seeding as usual has been done and it 

 did not start well. Prices for crops raised for market have been as 

 good as in any recent years. Potatoes are a better crop than antici- 

 pated and as profitable as any. Hay and forage crops were unsatis- 

 factory. The season has not been profitable, grain has been very 

 high and farmers have been obliged to feed a great deal because of 

 drought. Streams, springs and wells are very low. Grass will enter 

 the winter in more favorable condition than last year. 



Princeton (A. 0. Tyler). — Indian corn is two-thirds a normal crop 

 in value. Root crops are giving average yields. Farm stock is in 

 fair condition. Fall seeding is in good condition. Prices for crops 

 raised for market have been lower than usual. Corn and potatoes 

 have been our most profitable crops, and cabbages our least profitable 

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

 Vegetation was injured to some extent by drought; streams and 

 springs are very low and many wells dry. 



Bolton (H. F. Haynes). — The corn crop is SO per cent of the normal 

 in value. Root crops are not average. Farm stock is in good con- 

 dition. Fall seeding is generally good. There have been fair prices 

 for all crops. Potatoes have been our most profitable crop. Con- 

 sidered as a whole, I think the season has been a profitable one. Many 

 wells are dry, also small streams, but crops have been fairly good. 

 Apples have been poor. 



Northborough (John K. Mills). — The corn crop is nearly normal. 

 Root crops are quite a little above the average. Farm stock is looking 

 well. Fall seeding is in good condition. There has been but little 

 change in the prices of market crops, except that potatoes have sold 

 lower than usual. Asparagus, strawberries, hay, corn, potatoes and 

 apples have been our most profitable crops, and cabbages, oats, toma- 

 toes, squashes, beans and peas our least profitable ones. The season 

 has been an average one for profit. Streams are very low, wells and 

 springs that were never known to fail before are dry. 



Southborough (E. F. Collins). — The corn crop is about an average. 

 Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is not up to the average 

 on account of dry weather. Prices of crops raised for market have 

 been good, much better than last year. Hay, corn, tomatoes and 

 apples have been our most profitable crops. I think fanning grows 



