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sidered as a whole the season has been a profitable one. Farmers 

 near the cities have great difficulty in securing good help. 



East Longmeadoiv (John L. Davis) . — Corn is fully up to the 

 normal. Root crops are below the usual average, owing to dry 

 weather in August. Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seed- 

 ing is in fair condition, but not as good as some years. Corn has 

 been our most profitable crop and potatoes our least profitable one. 

 The season has not been a profitable one, as labor has been scarce, 

 poor and high, and the price of grain a great deal higher than the 

 corresponding increase in the price of dairy products. 



Wilhraham (PI. M. Bliss). — Indian corn is 20 per cent below 

 the normal in value, owing to poor germination, slow growth and 

 early frost. Root crops are up 1p the usual average. Farm stock 

 is in good condition. Fall seeding is in good condition. Prices 

 for crops raised for market have been very good, with the excep- 

 tion of apples. Grass and potatoes have been our most profitable 

 crops and rye and apples our least profitable ones. Considered as 

 a whole the season has been an average one for profit. 



Holland (Francis Wight) . — Indian corn is about two-thirds 

 of a normal crop. All root crops have yielded well, but potatoes 

 have rotted badly. Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seed- 

 ing has done fairly well. Potatoes have been our most profitable 

 crop and apples our least profitable one. Considered as a whole, 

 the season has been a fairly profitable one. 



Palmer (O. P. Allen) . — Indian corn is rather below a normal 

 crop. Root crops are up to the usual average. Farm stock is in 

 good condition. Fall seeding seems to be in average condition. 

 The usual prices have prevailed for crops raised for market. 

 Potatoes have been our most profitable crop and corn our least 

 profitable one, due largely to a late season last spring, which caused 

 much replanting. The season has been a profitable one for our 

 farmers, but less so than some recent years. 



WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Dudley (J. J. Gilles). — The corn crop is fully up to the nor- 

 mal in value. Root crops are up to the usual average. Farm 

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

 Prices for crops raised for market have ruled 10 per cent above 

 the normal. Hay and cabbages have been our most profitable 

 crops and potatoes our least profitable ones. 



Spencer (H. H. Kingsbury). — Corn made a good growth, but 

 matured slowly and was damaged by frost, so that it is not "above 



