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75 per cent of the normal in value. All root crops have grown 

 well, and except for a small amount of rot in potatoes, were profit- 

 able. Pasturage has been good and farm stock is fully in average 

 condition. Fall seeding is in first-class condition. Many kinds 

 of farm produce have been slow of sale, and with the exception of 

 hay and eggs have barely brought average prices. Hay has been 

 our most profitable crop and potatoes our least profitable one. 

 The results of farm operations the past season appear to be about 

 the same as those of other years. 



Brookffeld (F. E. Prouty). — Indian corn is about two-thirds 

 of a normal crop in value. Root crops are good yields. Farm 

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

 Prices for crops raised for market have been about average. Hay 

 has been our most profitable crop and potatoes our least profitable 

 one, owing to rot and low prices. Considered as a whole, the 

 season has been a fairly profitable one for our farmers. 



Neic Braintree (C. D. Sage). — Corn is a full crop in value. 

 Root crops are better than average crops. Young cattle are look- 

 ing well; cows have been fed less grain than usual. Very little 

 fall seeding has been done. Prices for crops raised for market 

 have been fairly good ; little produced except milk. Hay, oats, 

 corn and potatoes have been our most profitable crops, all crops 

 being fairly profitable. The year has been a profitable one, all 

 crops being good and prices fair, except for apples, which are in 

 small demand. Barns are well filled. 



Barre (John L. Smith) . — Indian corn is an average crop. 

 Root crops are not much raised in this locality. Farm stock is in 

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

 crops raised for market have been above the average except for 

 apples. Potatoes have been our most profitable crop, where un- 

 affected by rot, and apples our least profitable one. The season 

 has been a profitable one, as milk has brought a fair price and 

 feed has been good. 



Dana (Lyman Randall) . — Corn promised more than an 

 average crop before the hard freeze, but many late planted fields 

 did not dry out after the freeze, the husks stuck down and moulded 

 at the tips, which reduces the value of the crop, so that it is not 

 over 80 per cent of the normal. Root crops are fully up to the 

 usual average. Stock of all kinds is in excellent condition. Fall 

 seeding is not looking very promising. Prices for crops raised for 

 market have not been quite up to former years. Hay has been 

 our most profitable crop and cabbages our least profitable one. 

 Coasidered as a whole, the season has beeu a profitable oiie» 



