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Farm stock uever looked better, pastures having been good all 

 summer. Fall seeding was never in better condition. Prices for 

 crops I'aised for market are fully up to the average and I think a 

 little above. Ha}- has been our most profitable crop and corn our 

 least jn-ofitable one, where raised for grain. The season has been 

 a profitable one, crops as a rule having been good and prices above 

 average. 



Haicley (C. C. Fuller). — Indian corn was a good crop, but 

 suffered severely from frost. Root crops are up to the usual aver- 

 age. Fall seeding is in good condition. Farm stock is in about 

 average condition. Prices for crops raised for market have ruled 

 rather low. Potatoes have been our most profitable crop and ap- 

 ples our least profitable one. The season has been about a normal 

 one for profit, taken as a whole. 



.Ashjfeld (Charles Howes). — Corn is about two-thirds of a 

 normal crop in value. Root crops are fully up to the usual aver- 

 age. Stock is in very good condition. Fall seeding is now look- 

 ing finely. Prices for crops raised for market have hardly been 

 up to average years. Hay is our leading crop and has been our 

 most profitable one. As it looks now tlie apple crop will be the 

 least profitable one this season. The season has hardly been an 

 average one for profit, as this is a dairy town and grain has been 

 too high for the price of dairy products. 



Wliately (Frank Dickinson). — Indian corn is not over two- 

 thirds of a full crop in value. Root crops are not up to the usual 

 avei'age. Farm stock is below the average in condition. P'all 

 seeding is late but is coming on well. Crops raised for market 

 have brought average prices. Tobacco has been our most profit- 

 able crop and corn our least profitable one. Considered as a 

 whole, the season has been a profitable one for our farmers. 



Montague (C. S. Raymond) . — Indian corn is about 80 per cent 

 of a full crop. Root crops are up to the usual average. Farm 

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

 where sown early. Prices for crops raised for market have ruled 

 about the same as usual. Hay has been our most profitable crop 

 and potatoes our least profitable one. Considered as a whole, the 

 season has been a profitable one for our farmers. 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 



Amherst (Wm. P. Brooks). — Both field and ensilage corn 

 made a normal growth, but were poorly ripened. Root crops are 

 above average, carrots and mangels being especially good. Farm 



