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Amherst (H. A. Parsons). — Root crops are up to the usual 

 average. Farm stock is in fair to good condition. Fall seeding 

 is in good condition. Prices have compared well with other years. 

 Corn has been our most profitable crop and potatoes our least prof- 

 itable one. Considered as a whole, the season has been a profit- 

 able one for our farmers. This has been an uncommonly open 

 fall, with no killing frost until the 18th. 



Hadley (H. C. Russell). — Root crops are up to the usual aver- 

 age. Farm stock is in fair condition. Fall seeding is in very good 

 condition. Vegetables bring somewhat higher prices than usual; 

 other crops about the same. Tobacco has been our most profitable 

 crop and onions our least profitable one. The season has been a 

 profitable one for our farmers, taken as a whole. 



South Hadley (H. W. Gaylord). — Turnips were so late in 

 coming up that they are not yet half grown. Farm stock looks 

 well enough, but young stock has not made the growth expected. 

 Fall seeding looks fairly well now, but is small, owing to late 

 seeding and reseeding. Prices have not advanced much except 

 for potatoes, which have gone up 25 cents per bushel. None of 

 our leading crops were profitable, but corn comes the nearest to 

 an average crop. Fruit has been our least profitable crop. The 

 season has not been a profitable one with our farmers. Their 

 most serious loss is in the hay crop, and stock must be reduced in 

 view of the present and probable winter prices of hay and grain. 



Goshen (Alvan Barrus). — Root crops are up to the usual 

 average. Farm stock is in fairly good condition, as a whole. 

 Fall seeding is in unusually good condition. Fair average prices 

 have prevailed, except for apples. Hay has been our most profit- 

 able crop if sold, but is not where kept to feed. The apple crop 

 has been our least profitable one when picking, barreling and 

 freighting are paid for. The season has not been a profitable one 

 for general farmers. 



Cummington (S. W. Clark). — Root crops are up to the usual 

 average. Farm stock is in fair condition. Very little fall seed- 

 ing has been done, owing to the drought. Fruit brings very low 

 prices ; other crops average. Corn has been our most profitable 

 crop and potatoes our least profitable one. Our income is mainly 

 from dairying. Butter has sold for nearly 2 cents per pound 

 higher than last year, so dairymen have surely had a fairly good 

 year. Those who raise calves and sell cows, and who sold early, 

 have had a very good year. 



Middlefield (J. T. Bryan). — Root crops are up to the usual 

 average. Farm stock is in excellent condition. No fall seeding 

 has been done because of the drought. Prices for farm crops are 



