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

 prosperity in the near future. 



Harvard (Preston Knight) . — Think that root crops have done 

 as well as usual this year. Cucumbers and squashes have been 

 the least profitable of any of our leading crops. Small fruits 

 have been the most profitable. The season has been a fairly 

 profitable one for our farmers. Think it is doubtful whether 

 farmers anticipate any increase of prosperity in the near future ; 

 the outlook is not very promising as yet. Wells and springs are 

 dry or getting pretty low. Fall feed is very good. Apples in 

 large supply, prices not very satisfactory. Corn very good, and 

 nearly all fall crops generally good. 



Boylston (I. A. Dunn). — Root crops have done as well as usual 

 this year. Hay has been the least profitable and corn the most so 

 of our leading crops. Considered as a whole, the season has been 

 a profitable one for our farmers. I think that farmers anticipate 

 an increase of prosperity in their business in the near future. 



Worcester (H. R. Kinney). — Root crops have done as well as 

 usual this year. Apples have been the least profitable and corn 

 and potatoes the most so of our leading crops. Considered as a 

 whole, the season has been a profitable one for farmers. Hoed 

 crops have done very well this year, and the farmers who cultivate 

 considerable land feel very well satisfied, but those who depend on 

 hay and buy all their grain are complaining. The outlook is good 

 for those near the cities or live towns. Apples are poor and only 

 a few of them. Pears have been a full crop but have sold very 

 low. 



Douglas (A. E. Rawson). — Root crops are more than an aver- 

 age this year. The apple crop was the least profitable, being a 

 small yield and the fruit very inferior. Corn has been the most 

 profitable ; there has been a large yield and the crop is well har- 

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

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

 of prosperity, but prices of farm produce are low, and they some- 

 times get discouraged. The season has been such that farmers in 

 this section are doing more than the usual amount of fall seeding. 



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Marlborough (E. D. Howe). — Root crops have done as well as 

 usual this year. Pears and fall apples have been the least profit- 

 able of any of our crops. Raspberries for fruits and corn for 

 grains have been the most profitable. Considered as a whole the 

 season has been a profitable one for farmers, and those with good 



