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has not been a profitable one ; crops have been good but prices 

 very low. 



New Salem (Daxiel Ballard). — Roots are average crops. 

 Farm stock is looking well. Fall seeding is in fair condition ; 

 some pieces need more rain. Prices for market crops have com- 

 pared favorably with former years, though potatoes are below the 

 average in price. Grass and corn have been our most profitable 

 crops and apples our least profitable one, being few in quantity 

 and poor in quality. The season has been an average one for 

 profit. 



HAMPSHIRE COUXTY. 



Pelham (J. L. Brewer). — Eoot crops are very good. Farm 

 stock is in good condition and appears healthy. Fall seeding is in 

 good condition. We have had fine crops, with the exception of 

 hay, and prices are correspondingly low. Considering the prices 

 received, none of our crops have been profitable. Dairy products 

 alone have brought a profit, and the season has not been a profita- 

 ble one. 



Amherst (Wm:. P. Brooks). — Root crops will be a full aver- 

 age, carrots unusually fine. Farm stock is generally in good con- 

 dition ; but the stock coming in from hill pastures is rather thin. 

 Fall seeding is generally in good condition. Prices generally very 

 low, half to two-thirds the usual prices ; hay, apples and tobacco 

 are exceptions. Hay, tobacco and corn have been our most profit- 

 able crops and onions and potatoes our least profitable ones. In 

 grass and tobacco neighborhoods the season has been profitable ; 

 in onion neighborhoods it has not. 



Hadley (L. "W. West). — Root crops have proved to be aver- 

 age. Farm stock is in average condition. Fall seeding is below 

 the average in condition. Prices for crops raised for market are 

 lower than in former years. No crops have been profitable, dairy 

 products have done the best. Everything outside the dairy has 

 been unprofitable. The season has not been a profitable one con- 

 sidered as a whole. 



Xorthampton (D. A. Hortox). — Roots are average crops. 

 Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is in fairly good 

 condition. Prices of crops raised for market are from one-third 

 to one-half less than in former years. Corn has been our most 

 profitable crop. All crops are selling so low that I hardly know 

 which has been the least profitable. The yield of all cultivated 

 crops has been large. 



Southampton (C. B. Ltmax). — Root crops are rather better 

 than the averag-e. Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seeding 



