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most profitable crops; 27, corn; 22, potatoes; 19, apples; 

 9, cabbage; 7, tobacco; 5, onions; 4, tomatoes; 4, cranberries; 

 4, strawberries; and 4, beets; while 78 correspondents, more 

 than a majority, and an unusually large leading number, con- 

 sidered potatoes to have been among the least profitable crops; 

 12, hay; 11, corn; 10, apples; G, squash; 6, onions; 4, oats; 

 4, strawberries; and 4, tomatoes. 



The season was hardly regarded as a profitable one for our 

 farmers, 52 correspondents speaking of it as not profitable; 

 2, as fairl}' profitable; 10, as not up to the average for profit; 

 8, as not very profitable; 7, as an average season for profit; 

 and 41, as profitable. Crops were short, owing to drought 

 and frost, and while prices were high in most instances the 

 increase in price did not seem to counterbalance the short 

 yields. 



The heavy rains of October had a good eflect on streams, 

 springs and wells. In the western counties they were almost 

 universally reported as having fully recovered from the effects 

 of drought. The ground was generally reported to be full of 

 water, and grass and vegetation to have recovered to a re- 

 markable degree from the previous bad eft'ect of the drought. 



