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been lower than usual. Beans and cauliflowers have been our most 

 profitable crops, and potatoes our least profitable one. Considered as 

 a whole, the season has not been profitable. Springs and wells have 

 been very low until the fall rains, and drought did a great deal of 

 damage to early and medium early crops. 



Stoughton (Charles F. Curtis) . — A fair value of the corn crop is 

 40 per cent of the normal. Root crops have proved to be almost 

 average. Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is in the 

 best of condition. Prices for crops are fully up to the average. Hay 

 has been our most profitable crop, and Indian corn, whether for silo 

 or grain, the least profitable. The past season has been a losing one 

 for farmers. There is no rowen, streams are low, and more wells dry, 

 or nearly so, than for thirty years. 



Canton (Edwin V. Kinsley) . — The corn crop is 90 per cent of the 

 normal in value. Roots are proving to be average crops. Farm stock 

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

 market crops have been variable, but a fair average. Tomatoes have 

 been our most profitable crop. I could not say what crop has been 

 least profitable ; several have not done well. The season is not a fair 

 average for profit, some farmers having done well and others not so 

 well, according to soil and cultivation. Vegetation has overcome the 

 effect of drought, but wells and streams are very low. 



Walpole (Edward L. Shepard). — The corn crop is 50 per cent of 

 the normal in value. Root crops are not up to the average. Fall 

 seeding is a little below normal. Prices for crops raised for market 

 are a little higher than usual. Hay has been our most profitable 

 crop, and corn and potatoes our least profitable ones. Considered as 

 a whole, the season has not been a profitable one. Vegetation is 

 reduced one-half by drought, and streams, springs and wells are very 

 low. 



Millis (E. F. Richardson). — The corn crop is 75 per cent of the 

 normal in value. Root crops are about 60 per cent of the average 

 yield. Farm stock is in excellent condition. Fall seeding is improv- 

 ing and is now in fair condition. Prices for crops raised for market 

 are higher than usual. Apples, hay and potatoes have been our most 

 profitable crops, and corn our least profitable one. Considered as a 

 whole, the season has been a very fair one for profit. Vegetation, 

 streams, springs and wells are much in need of heavy rains. 



Bellingham (John J. O'Sullivan). — The corn crop is about 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 have been higher than usual. Hay has been our 

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

 sidered as a whole, the season has been a profitable one. The effect 

 of drought on vegetation, streams, springs and wells has been severe. 



