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Concord (Wm. H. Hunt). — The corn crop is a little below the 

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

 in good condition and average health. Fall seeding has got a good 

 start, but does not seem to grow as fast as it ought. Farmers have no 

 reason to complain of the average prices received. Apples and pears 

 have sold high, but they are short crops; asparagus is, on the whole, 

 perhaps our most profitable crop. I should say that the season had 

 been a profitable one. Some crops on light lands suffered from summer 

 drought, but we have had abundant fall rains. Ponds and deep 

 springs are still very low, having been so for a year and a half. 



Winchester (S. S. Symmes). — Indian corn is not raised here. Root 

 crops are giving average yields. Farm stock is in good condition. 

 Fall seeding is in fine condition, never better. Prices for late market- 

 garden crops are very low. Sweet corn has been our most profitable 

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

 the season has not been a profitable one. Many brooks are still dry, 

 'but springs and wells have plenty of water now. Late rains brought 

 all market-garden crops forward in good shape. Help has become 

 very scarce. 



Weston (Henry L. Brown) . — Mangolds and beets are average 

 crops; turnips need two weeks' growth. Fall seeding is looking well. 

 On the whole, prices for market crops have been about average. 

 Early cabbage and all second early sold well and were profitable; 

 sweet corn was fairly profitable most of the season. Beans and 

 squashes have been our least profitable crops. Considered as a whole, 

 the season has not been a profitable one. Drought injured planted 

 crops and rowen; springs and streams have been very low and deep 

 wells are still so. 



Newton (G. L. Marcy). — -Corn has not been up to the average in 

 value. Root crops are not giving average yields. Farm stock is in 

 good condition. Prices have been high for crops raised for market. 

 Hay and corn have been our most profitable crops, and potatoes our 

 least profitable one. Considered as a whole, the season is below the 

 average for profit. The Charles River is very low for the time of 

 year. The last three years have been very dry, but the drought 

 this year seemed to be harder on vegetation. 



ESSEX COUNTY. 

 Salisbury (Wesley Pettengill) . — The acreage of Indian corn 

 was nearly twice as great as usual, and the value of the crop is 40 per 

 cent greater. Root crops are good average yields. Farm stock is 

 looking well. The rains and warm weather have brought fall seeding 

 along nicely and it is looking well. Prices have been good for farm 

 crops. Hay and corn have been our most profitable crops. Con- 

 sidered as a whole, the season has not been as profitable as some 

 years, on account of a light crop of apples. The drought has hurt our 

 pastures and grass lands somewhat; wells have been low and some 

 are dry, but streams and springs are improving. 



