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for occupancy. No land that has been judiciously selected for a 

 farm, upon which a house has been built, has been abandoned. 

 The abandoned farms should never have been occupied, and it is 

 to the credit of the good sense of the heirs that such farms are 

 abandoned. 



Lowell (C. L. Marshall). — Indian corn is a full average crop. 

 Late potatoes are an average crop in yield and quality. As yet 

 not much fall seeding has been done, but what has is in good con- 

 dition. Cranberry crop very small in yield but quality excellent. 

 At time of haying they were full in flower, but think dry weather 

 injured them at that time. Inquiries for and values of farm 

 property are slightly increasing. 



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North Andover (Peter Holt, Jr.). — I think Indian corn is a 

 little below the average. Late potatoes are above the average 

 both in yield and quality. About the average amount of fall 

 seeding has been done, but owing to the dry weather it makes a 

 poor showing. Cranberries are all very small and not colored 

 well ; the drought has also affected them. There are a number 

 of farms that are not operated, on account of the death of the 

 owner, and widows and families still hold them. There is very 

 little inquiry for farm property, and I think that values have not 

 increased. I believe there are farms in this locality that can be 

 purchased for less money than was paid for them within ten years. 



Haverhill (Eben Webster). — Indian corn is a full average 

 crop. Late potatoes are an average both in yield and quality. 

 About the usual amount of fall seeding has been done, and it is 

 up and looking well. No cultivated cranberries in this section, 

 but a good crop of wild ones in the meadows. Small farms are 

 changing hands occasionally, but values do not change much. 

 We have had a long spell of hot and dry weather, which has 

 ripened crops faster than usual. 



Neivbury (G. W. Adams). — Indian corn is a full average crop. 

 Late potatoes are hardly up to the average, but are good. Per- 

 haps as much fall seeding has been done as usual, but it is quite 

 backward. The abandonment of farm property in this vicinity 

 has been greatest during the last ten years, because there was no 

 profit in farming. There are few inquiries for farm property ; 

 values of upland about the same, salt meadow low and growing 

 lower. 



Topsfield (B. P. Pike). — Indian corn is a full average crop. 

 Late potatoes are an average both in yield and quality. About an 

 average amount of fall seeding has been done, and it is looking 



