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are apparently not yet seriously injured. The fall feed has been 

 very good. Many farmers are suffering from lack of water in 

 wells, and unless rains come soon the prospects for winter will be 

 serious. One farmer here raised sixty bushels of marketable pop- 

 corn on three-fourths of an acre. 



Dana (E. A. Alhee). — Root crops have done as well as usual 

 this year. Potatoes and grass have been the least profitable of our 

 leading crops. Corn, rye and oats have been the most profitable. 

 Considered as a whole, the season has not been a profitable one for 

 our farmers. Farmers do not anticipate an increase of prosperity 

 until our tax laws are so changed as to make the burden more equal 

 between the agriculturist and the capitalist. 



Templeton (Lucien Gove). — Root crops have done as well as 

 usual this year. Perhaps the quantity may not have been so large, 

 but the quality is excellent. Apples and potatoes have been the 

 least profitable of any of our leading crops ; hay, corn and early 

 vegetables have been the most so. Taking into consideration all 

 crops, the season has been the most profitable for three years. I 

 think that, as a whole, the farmers anticipate brighter times. Corn 

 was harvested in excellent condition. Potatoes good, price low. 

 Fair quantity of winter apples at two dollars per barrel. Native 

 beef very cheap, and cows low. Pork has declined in price. Fall 

 seeding is looking better than it did last month. 



Westminster (Joseph Hager) . — Root crops have done as well 

 as usual this year. Apples and pears have been the least profitable 

 and roots the most so of any of our leading crops. Considered 

 as a whole, the season has been the best we have had for several 

 years. I do not think that farmers anticipate any increase of 

 prosperity in the near future. 



Leominster (W. B. Hosmer) . — Root crops have generally 

 done as well as usual this year. The pear crop has been the least 

 profitable this season. Hay, corn and apples have been the most 

 profitable, but all crops have done well except pears. The har- 

 vesting season is now about over, and farmers in this section find they 

 have been blessed with a bountiful yield, with but few exceptions. 

 As farming is better understood with the aid of the experiments 

 through the State and other sources, it is conducted more in a busi- 

 ness-like manner. This interests and encourages farmers so that 

 now to be successful they must study and not guess, and from this 

 the farmers anticipate increased prosperity. 



Lancaster (S. C. Damon). — Root crops have done as well as 

 usual this year. Milk has been the least profitable of any of our 

 produce. Small fruits have been our most profitable crop. Con- 

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



