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Least Profitable Crops. 

 One hundred and eight correspondents speak of potatoes 

 as among the least profitable crops; 28, corn; 23, apples; 

 8, cabbages; 7, squashes; 7, peas; 4, tomatoes; 3, oats; 

 2, cucumbers; 2, beets; 2, turnips; 1, fruit; 1, hay; 1, 

 tobacco; 1, beans ; 1, spinach; 1, currants; 1, raspberries ; 

 1, blackberries; 1, celery; 1, grapes; 1, onions; 1, straw- 

 berries; and 1, parsnips. 



Profits of the Season. 

 The answers in regard to the profits of the season are so 

 diverse that it is difiicult to summarize them satisfactorily. 

 Where crops have been good, the good prices prevailing 

 have made the season most profitable ; but so many crops 

 were at least partial failures that it is doubtful if the in- 

 creased prices can entirely make up for the shortage. For 

 the State as a whole, farmers have probably done no more 

 than to hold their own ; and, if we call the season an average 

 one for profit, we are doing all that the facts will warrant, 

 and possibly more. 



