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The season has been a profitable one, considered as a whole. A 

 few farmers are holding their apples in cold storage. 



Williamstown (S. A. Hickox). — Root crops have proved to 

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

 fine condition. Apples have been mostly marketed, and none were 

 sold for export. Prices have ranged lower than in former years. 

 Hay has been our most profitable crop, and potatoes our least 

 profitable one. With high taxes and low prices the farmers find 

 it hard to see where the profit comes in. 



Florida (E. D. Rice). — Root crops are not up to the average, 

 and potatoes are a failure. Farm stock is in good condition. 

 Fall seeding is in good condition, owing to the rains. Apples 

 have sold for about $1.25 per barrel. Prices for crops raised for 

 market have held their own this year. Grass has been our most 

 profitable crop, and potatoes our least profitable one. Considered 

 as a whole, this season has been an average one for profit. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



Aslifield (Chas. Howes). — Root crops are above the average. 

 Farm stock is looking remarkably well. Fall feed and new seed- 

 ing never looked better. A good deal of rowen remains uncut, 

 owing to the wet fall. A very few apples have been sold, mostly 

 for export, at about SI per barrel. Prices have been lower than 

 in former years. Hay has been our most profitable crop, and 

 apples our least profitable one. The profit for the farmer is very^ 

 small, as all crops and everything he has for sale are very low. 



Deerfield (Charles Jones). — Root crops have proved to be 

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

 extra nice shape. The apple crop is about half sold, and about 

 one-fourth of those sold have been for export; prices from 75 

 cents to $1 per barrel. Prices have been lower than in past years. 

 Tobacco will be our most profitable crop if it can be sold at present 

 prices. Corn has been our least profitable crop. The season has 

 not been a profitable one, as prices are low on all crops. Onions 

 are not quite an average crop, and sell from 35 cents to 40 cents 

 per bushel. No '96 tobacco has been sold as yet. 



Shelburne (Geo. E. Taylor). — Farm stock is in good condi- 

 tion. Fall seeding is in fine condition. But few winter apples 

 have been sold and the price ranges from 75 cents to $1 per barrel. 

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

 least profitable one. All kinds of produce and meat are so low in 

 the market that there is no profit in any of them. 



Bernarddon (R. H. Cusuman) . — Root crops are an average, 



