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most profitable ? " Fifty-seven correspondents state corn to 

 be among the most profitable crops this year, and 5 state it 

 to be among the least profitable ; for potatoes, 23 most 

 profitable and 37 least profitable ; for hay, 24 most profitable 

 and 27 least profitable; for apples, 5 most profitable and 19 

 least profitable ; for tobacco, 13 most profitable ; for pears, 7 

 least profitable ; for rye, 2 most profitable ; for oats, 5 most 

 profitable and 1 least profitable ; for onions, 6 most profit- 

 able and 2 least profitable. A number of other crops are 

 referred to by one or two correspondents as being among 

 the most or least profitable crops. 



The fourth question asked was, "Considered as a whole, 

 has the season been a profitable one for your farmers ? " Of 

 the 116 replies to this question, 80 state it to have been a 

 pro£table one ; 12, that it has been an average season; 6, 

 that it has been a fairly prosperous season; 9, that it has 

 been more prosperous than usual; and 9, that it has not 

 been a profitable season. 



The fifth question asked was, " Do you think farmers 

 anticipate an increase of prosperity in their business in the 

 near future?" Of the direct replies to this question, 79 

 correspondents state that they do think that farmers antici- 

 pate an increase of prosperity in their business in the near 

 future, and 20 that they do not think so. It is estimated by 

 the "New England Homestead" that the farmers in the 

 Housatonic and Connecticut valleys alone will receive at 

 least $1,400,000 more for their tobacco crop than they did 

 last year, an increase of over eighty-seven per cent. 



