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bages ; 3, cranberries ; 3, cucumbers ; 3, milk ; 3, strawber- 

 ries ; 3, tomatoes; 3, asparagus; 2, beans; 1, turnips; 1, 

 ensilage corn; 1 , oats ; 1, rye; 1, buckwheat; 1, market- 

 garden crops; 1, squashes; 1, forage crops ; 1, lettuce; 1, 

 cauliflower; 1, peaches; 1, apples; 1, poultry products ; 

 and 1, beets. 



Least Profitable Crops. 

 Forty correspondents, less than one-third, report that 

 apples are among the least profitable crops; 31, potatoes; 

 22, corn; 8, cabbages; 6, onions; G, squashes; 4, toma- 

 toes; 3, barley; 3, rye; 3, beans; 2, oats; 2, turnips; 

 2, sweet corn; 2, peas; 1, buckwheat; 1, beets; 1, dan- 

 delions; 1, hay; 1, market-garden crops; 1, cranberries; 

 1, milk; 1, grapes ; 1, pears ; 1, plums ; and 1, peaches. 



Profits of the Season. 

 The present season gives somewhat mixed results, but 

 may be said to be a profitable- one for our farmers as a 

 whole, as good crops have generally been secured, and prices, 

 except for apples and potatoes, have ranged well up to 

 those usually received. iNIarket-gardeners generally had a 

 profitable season, though not as good as last year. Dairy- 

 men generally did well and go into the winter with well- 

 filled barns and stock in good condition. Poultry raisers 

 received good prices for their products, and of our special- 

 ists the horticulturists have perhaps the most cause to com- 

 plain, o^ving to the damage to peach trees from the severe 

 winter and the low price of apples, combined with the high 

 price of barrels, this fall. Of the 132 correspondents 

 answering this question, 64 consider the season to have been 

 a profitable one, 32 fairly profitable, 19 an average season 

 for profit, while 8 think that it has hardly been an average 

 season for profit and 15 that it has not been a profitable one. 



