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cost of marketing. All crops have yielded abundantly, there has 

 been excellent weather* to secure them, and I think the farmers are 

 improving their stock as well as their lands. I also notice more 

 repairs on farm buildings than usual, and in fact everything points 

 to prosperity. I think that, as a whole, the season has been a 

 profitable one for our farmers. 



Windsor (H. A. Fokd) . — Root crops have done as well as usual 

 this year. Potatoes have rotted quite badly and bring a low price. 

 Buckwheat and corn have been our most profitable crops. Con- 

 sidered as a whole, the season has been a profitable one for our 

 farmers, the dairy having been better than for several years. 



Cheshire (L. J. Nortiiup). — Root crops, with the exception of 

 turnips, have been unusually good. Turnips were a good yield, 

 but upon cutting them most of them were found to be black. Corn 

 has been the most profitable of our leading crops and turnips the 

 least so. The season as a whole is considered to be a profitable 

 one for farmers. I think farming in the future will be as profit- 

 able as in the past, and perhaps moi'e so. 



Hancock (C. H. Wells) . — Root crops have done as well as usual 

 this year. Potatoes have been the least profitable and corn the 

 most so of our leading crops. The season has been a fairly profit- 

 able one for farmers. I think that farmers anticipate an increase 

 of prosperity in the near future. 



WilUamstown (S. A. Hickox). — Root crops have done as well 

 as usual this year. Potatoes have been the least profitable of any 

 of our leading crops, having rotted to some extent and the prices 

 having ruled low. Grass has been our most profitable crop. Con- 

 sidered as a whole, the season has been a profitable one for our far- 

 mers, and they anticipate an increase of prosperity in the near 

 future. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



Monroe (D. H. Siieuman). — I think that root crops have done 

 as well as usual this year. There are considerable quantities of 

 turnips, beets and carrots raised for feeding in this section. 

 Apples have been the least profitable of our leading crops, because 

 of low prices. Potatoes have been the most profitable, yielding 

 well and selling readily at fifty cents per bushel. The season has 

 been about an average one for farmers. Think that farmers may 

 anticipate an increase of prosperity in their business, as lumljer, 

 timber and wood are in good demand. 



Charlemont (H. S. Giles), — Root crops have been very good 

 this year. The crop for successfiil farming is hay, with which 

 we have been highly favored this year. The corn crop has been 



