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Most Profitable Crops. 

 There is the usual difference of opinion among corre- 

 spondents as to which crops have proved most profitable, and 

 as usual a majority fail to unite on any one crop. Fifty-four 

 correspondents consider corn to have boon among the most 

 profitable crops; 46, hay or grass; 31, potatoes; 9, sweet 

 corn; 7, apples; 7, tobacco; 5, asparagus; 5, tomatoes; 

 4, cabbages ; 4, onions ; 4, celery ; 4, cranberries ; 3, milk ; 

 3, fruit; 2, oats; 2, forage crops; 2, peaches; 1, market- 

 garden crops; 1, buckwheat; 1, barley; 1, millet; 1, 

 squashes; 1, beans; 1, pears; 1, beets, and 1, peas. 



Least Profitable Crops. 

 Seventy correspondents, an unusually large number to 

 agree on any one crop, speak of potatoes as among the 

 least profitable crops; 28, apples; 17, hay or grass; 8, 

 corn; 7, onions; 4, cabbages; 3, oats; 3, fruit; 3, root 

 crops; 3, peas; 2, milk; 2, tomatoes; 2, strawberries; 2, 

 squashes; 2, turnips; 1, pears; 1, celery; 1, melons; 1, 

 sweet corn ; 1 , cucumbers ; 1 , carrots ; 1 , market-garden 

 crops, and 1, beans. 



Profits of the Season. 

 The season has not been one that could be called gener- 

 ally profitable for our farmers. The prolonged drought of 

 summer and early fall cut many crops short to such an ex- 

 tent that the increased prices received failed to make up 

 for the shortage. Starting the summer with empty barns, 

 the short hay crop and scanty pasturage materially increased 

 the cost of producing dairy products, and in many cases the 

 farmers now face the winter with barns so poorly filled with 

 hay and forage as to necessitate either the purchase of hay 

 or the sale of stock. Of 144 correspondents answering the 

 question as to the profits of the season 43 regard the season 

 as profitable, 17 as an average one for profit and 26 as fairly 

 profitable, while 58 think that it has not been a profitable 

 one. 



