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has been a profitable one for our farmers. I think farmers antici- 

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

 Westjyort (A. S. Sherman). — Root crops have not done as well 

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

 leading crops and corn the most so. The corn crop is nearly all 

 harvested, and is a very good yield. Potatoes, apples and onions 

 are very plenty, and prices unusually low. This season has been 

 about as profitable as usual, but when we allow for fertilizer and 

 labor the profits are very small indeed. I do not see how there can 

 be an increase of prosperity. Prices of farm products are very 

 low, help scarce and wages high. The prospect is that hay will 

 bring a better price than usual this j^ear. On account of the 

 drought, turnips are small. 



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Lakeville (Elbridge Cushman). — Root crops have done as well, 

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

 of our leading crops and corn has been the most profitable. The 

 season has been about an average one so far as profit is concerned. 

 Farmers are hopeful for an increase of prosperity in their business, 

 but are not over-confident. 



Middleboroitgh (A. H. Eaton). — Root crops have done as well 

 as usual this year. Potatoes and fruit have been the least profit- 

 able of our leading crops, while corn has been the most so. Con- 

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

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

 prosperity in their business. 



Marshjield (G. J. Peterson). — Root crops have perhaps done 

 better than usual this year. In a year of general prosperity it is 

 difficult to determine which crop has been the least profitable. 

 The large yield of potatoes, the large crops, generally, make up an 

 average of general prosperity among the farmers of this locality. 

 Fruits especially are abundant, and contribute in a large measure 

 to the health and general prosperity of the community. The grass 

 crop has been the most profitable of any of our leading crops. 

 As a general rule, farmers look forward to an increase of pros- 

 perity in the near future. 



Hanson (Dr. F. S. Thomas). — Root crops have done as well 

 as usual this year. It is difficult to say which crop has been the 

 most and which the least profitable. Milk farms and market gar- 

 dens are about the only things in the farming line that are very 

 profitable in Hanson. Considered as a whole, the season has been 

 a profitable one for our farmers. I do not think that farmers 

 anticipate an increase of prosperity in the near future. 



