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stock is in excellent condition. Fall seeding is in good condition. 

 Prices for crops raised for market rule rather below the average, 

 except perhaps for onions and tobacco, for which good prices are 

 paid. Tobacco, onions and hay have been our most profitable 

 crops and corn our least profitable one. The season was a very 

 good one for most farmers, as nearly all crops are good, with prices 

 for most fair and for some above the average. The heavy winds 

 of the first part of the month did great damage to the apple crop, 

 from one-third to one-half being blown from the trees. This storm, 

 coupled with the high price of barrels and the low price of apples, 

 has rendered the crop less profitable than was anticipated. 



Ilaclley (H.C.Russell). — Indian corn is three-fourths of a 

 normal crop in value. Root crops are up to the usual average. 

 Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is in excellent con- 

 dition. Onions and tobacco have been our most profitable crops. 

 Onions have sold at from 50 to 60 cents per bushel and are about 

 all sold with a fairly good yield. Tobacco is selling at from 16 

 to 19 cents per pound in the bundle, a price below the expecta- 

 tions of farmers considering the quality, but at good paying prices. 

 Apples have been our least profitable crop. The season has been 

 a profitable one for our farmers. 



Easthampton (Wm. E. Clapp). — Corn is about three-fourths 

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

 Farm stock is in fine condition. Fall seeding is below the normal 

 in condition. Prices for crops raised for market have ranged as 

 high as usual. Tobacco, as far as sold, has been our most profit- 

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

 whole the season has been a profitable one. Potatoes yielded well, 

 but were considerably damaged by rot. Corn needs two or three 

 weeks more to mature, although there have been some very nice 

 yields. 



Soxithamplon (C B. Lyman). — The corn crop was very good, 

 although the early frost damaged some pieces severely. Root 

 crops gave large yields. Some rot in potatoes but not general, 

 and they are bringing fair prices. Farm stock is in very good 

 condition. Fall seeding is in better shape than usual. Crops 

 raised for market are fully up to the average in price. Tobacco, 

 grass and corn have been our most profitable crops. Apples were 

 a good crop but suffered severely from winds, and at going prices 

 many think it will hardly pay to gather them. Dairy products are 

 fully up to the average in price. On the whole the season has 

 perhaps been a profitable one, but with the high price of help it is 

 diflficult to JTiake a profit. 



