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profitable crop aud i)otatoes and squashes our least profitable ones. 

 The season has not been as profitable as some years, as three of 

 our leading crops have sold very low. 



Haverhill (Eben Webster). — Indian corn is not quite up to 

 the normal 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 been less than last year. 

 Hay has been our most profitable crop and potatoes our least 

 profitable one. Considered as a whole the season has been a fairly 

 profitable one with our farmers. 



Neiohury (Geo. W. Adams). — Corn is a fair average crop and 

 owing to the rise in price is slightly more valuable than usual. 

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

 fair to good condition. Fall seeding is in average condition. 

 Tomatoes bring an increased price, owing to scarcity, other crops 

 about the same, the advance, if any, being very slight. Onions 

 have been our most profitable crop and hay and apples our least 

 profitable ones. Considered as a whole the season has not been a 

 profitable one. Apples give in many cases a loss. Labor con- 

 tinues to advance in cost and deteriorate in quality. Thousands 

 of dollars worth of crops in this county will go to waste simply 

 because the product of a day's labor will not pay the workman. 



Rowley (Daniel H. O'Brien). — Corn is about half a crop in 

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

 very good condition. Fall seeding is quite satisfactory. Potatoes 

 and squashes have been our most profitable crop aud corn our least 

 profitable one. Considered as a whole, the season has been a 

 profitable one. Many fields of potatoes have rotted badly in por- 

 tions, while in other parts of the same field they have not rotted 

 at all. 



Andover (Milo H. Gould). — Corn has been an average crop. 

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

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

 raised for market were low the first of the season, but are better 

 now. Sweet corn, strawberries and cucumbers have been our most 

 profitable crops and potatoes our least profitable one. Considered 

 as a whole, the season has been fairly profitable. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 

 Stoughton (Chas. F. Curtis). — Corn is fully up to a normal 

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

 stock are in good flesh and in good order. Fall seeding when put 



