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Woburn (W. H. Bartlett). — Beets undersized, carrots very 

 short crop, parsnips fair and turnips good. Farm stock is in good 

 shape, feed never having been better at this time. Fall seeding 

 is above the average in condition. Prices are about the same as 

 usual, with a few exceptions. Asparagus, early beans, sweet corn, 

 summer squash and winter squash have been our most profitable 

 crops, and early peas, early cabbage, potatoes, currants, raspber- 

 ries and blackberries our least profitable ones I think the season 

 will average about with others so far as profit is concerned. 



Wakefield (Ciias. Talbot). — Root crops are 15 per cent above 

 the normal. Farm stock is in very good condition, as pastures 

 have held out well. Fall seeding is in very fair shape. Prices 

 have ranged from 20 to 25 per cent higher than usual for most 

 crops. Onions, cabbages and sweet corn have been our most 

 profitable crops and potatoes our least profitable one. Owing to 

 good prices, the season has been a profitable one. 



Winchester (Marshall Svmmes). — Root crops are up to the 

 usual average. Farm stock is in very good condition. The 

 ground is rather dry for strong growth of fall seeding. Prices 

 are low for most crops, even when compared with other low j^ears. 

 Early corn and lettuce have been our most profitable crops and 

 peas and celery our least profitable ones. Considered as a whole, 

 the season has been a profitable one. 



ESSEX COUNTY. 



Salisbury (Wesley Pettengill) . — Root crops are below the 

 average. Farm stock is in better condition than usual. Fall 

 seeding is in good condition. Prices have been higher than in 

 former years for most crops. Hay has been our most profitable 

 crop and potatoes our least profitable one, many fields being 

 hardly worth digging. I do not think the season has been a profit- 

 able one, having been too cold and wet for anything but grass. 

 Apples scarce and high. 



Groveland (Abel Stickney). — Root crops are nearly or quite 

 an average. Farm stock is looking well, as pastures have held 

 out well. Early sown fall seeding is looking well, but late sown 

 is not as good. Prices have been better than usual for farm 

 crops. Hay has been our most profitable crop and apples our 

 least profitable one. So many crops have been poor this season 

 that I do not think the season has been a profitable one. 



West Newbury (J. C. Tarleton). — Root crops have done very 

 well. Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is looking 



