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higher than usual, except for apples. Corn and potatoes have 

 been our most profitable crops and fruit our least profitable one. 

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



HAMPDEN COUNTY. 



Chester (P. M. Aozima). — Root crops are up to the full aver- 

 age. Farm stock is in a little better condition than farmers ex- 

 pected. Fall seeding is in good condition. Prices for crops 

 raised for market are fully up to the average. Hay has been our 

 most profitable crop and apples our least profitable one. The 

 drought has been very severe, but the season has been about an 

 average one for profit. 



Granville (Joseph Welch) . — Root crops are below the aver- 

 age. Stock looks thin, owing to poor feed, flies and dry weather. 

 What fall seeding there was done is coming on very well, owing to 

 the late rains. Prices for farm crops have ranged higher than 

 usual. Apples, hay and corn have been our most profitable crops 

 and potatoes our least profitable ones. The season has not been 

 a profitable one, as farmers will be obliged to reduce their stock 

 because of the short hay crop ; there is little market for apples, 

 and potatoes were not over half a crop. 



Westfield (C. F. Fowler). — Root crops are below the average 

 on account of early drought. Farm stock is in fairly good condi- 

 tion. Fall seeding was late, but is now looking well. Prices for 

 farm produce have been well maintained, at a little higher rates 

 than usual. Market-gardening, hay and tobacco have given fairly 

 good returns. Taken as a whole, the season has been a full 

 average one for profit. 



West Springfield (T. A. Rogers). — Root crops are about aver- 

 age. Farm stock is generally in good condition, all milch cows 

 having been fed at the barns. Fall seeding looks well, but has 

 been sown but a short time on account of the drought. Prices 

 for farm crops have ranged above the average of the past few 

 years. Hay, rye and tobacco have been our most profitable crops 

 and potatoes, onions, apples and pears our least profitable ones. 

 Feed is too high for us to make milk at a profit. The season has 

 hardly been a profitable one. Pastures and mowings now look 

 better than at any time since June. 



Ludlow (C. B. Bennett). — Root crops are up to the usual aver- 

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

 condition. Hay and straw command higher prices than nana] ; 

 other crops average. Corn has been our most profitable crop and 

 potatoes our least profitable one. The season has hardly been a 



