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more profitable every year in this vicinity. Vegetation looks very 

 well, in spite of drought. 



Leicester (H. H. Kingsbury). — Owing to failure to mature corn is 

 not more than 75 per cent of the normal in value. Root crops are 

 generally good. Farm stock has generally been fed in the stable and 

 is in fair condition. Only a limited amount of fall seeding has been 

 done, which is in good condition. The hay crop has been our most 

 profitable one, and the production of milk our least profitable line of 

 work, some dairies showing a positive loss. The items of taxes and 

 help, combined with a season of low temperatures and drought, have 

 reduced farm profits to a minimum. Streams and ponds are low; 

 many springs and wells are dry and have been so for months. 



Auburn (Wm. Gilbert). — Corn is about 5 per cent below the 

 normal in value. Roots are an average crop, but rutabagas and cab- 

 bages have been injured by plant lice. Farm stock is thin in flesh. 

 Fall seeding looks well. Prices for farm crops have been higher than 

 usual. Cabbages have been our most profitable crop, and potatoes 

 our least profitable one. The season has been too dry to be profitable 

 to the farmer. The drought has hurt vegetation; streams, springs 

 and wells are either very low or dry. 



Mendon (J. J. Nutter). — The corn crop is fully up to the average. 

 Root crops are about the same as usual. Farm stock is in very good 

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

 for market are fully up to former years. Hay and corn have been our 

 most profitable crops. The season has been as profitable as common, 

 but not really profitable, the prices of everything the farmer buys 

 being very high. Crops have suffered in some sections on account of 

 drought, and springs and wells are low. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



Hopkinton (W. V. Thompson). — The corn crop is a little above the 

 normal in value. Roots are little raised, and have suffered from 

 drought. Farm stock is in good condition, except that pastured, 

 which is thin. Fall seeding is in good condition. Prices for market 

 crops are fully up to the average. Corn and ensilage have been our 

 most profitable crops, and hay our least profitable one. Considered 

 as a whole, the season is hardly as profitable as usual. Springs and 

 wells have been and still are dry. 



Marlborough (E. D. Howe). — The corn crop is 90 per cent of the 

 normal in value, not being fully ripened. Root crops are up to the 

 usual average. Farm stock is in good condition. Not much fall seed- 

 ing has been done, as it has been too dry. Prices for market crops 

 have been a trifle higher than usual, due to scarcity. Small fruits 

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

 product. There is a very marked decrease in vegetation, owing to 

 drought, and wells and streams are very low. 



