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Since the rains Hungarian grass and late barley have grown very 

 rapidly. 



Jlopedale (Delano Patrick). — Root crops are not up to the 

 usual average. Farm stock is in good average condition. Fall 

 seeding is backward. Prices for crops raised for market have 

 been about the same as in former years. The grass crop is, as 

 usual, our most profitable crop. Considered as a whole, the sea- 

 son has been somewhat less profitable than usual. 



Blackstone (O. F. Fuller) . — Root crops are up to the usual 

 average. All farm stock is looking well. Fall seeding is in fair 

 condition. Prices for farm crops have ranged a little higher than 

 usual. Tomatoes have been our most profitable crop, on the 

 whole, and celery our least profitable one. Potatoes sell at from 

 60 to 70 cents per bushel ; onions at 75 to 80 cents per bushel ; 

 apples at from $1.25 to $1.50 per barrel. Considered as a whole, 

 the season has been a profitable one. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



Sherborn (N. B. Douglas). — Farm stock is in average condi- 

 tion. Fall seeding never looked better. Prices for farm crops 

 have ranged higher than for the last few years. Peaches have 

 been our most profitable crop and potatoes our least profitable 

 one. The season has been fairly profitable and our farmers are 

 not complaining of hard times as much as they did a few years 

 ago. Milk raising is our leading industry, but the high price of 

 grain more than offsets the advance in the price of milk. 



Ashland (C. E. Adams). — Root crops are up to the usual aver- 

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

 condition. Prices for farm crops have ranged about average. 

 Hay has been our most profitable crop and potatoes and milk our 

 least profitable ones. Considered as a whole, the season has not 

 been a profitable one. The grass roots in pastures and mowings 

 are all right now, owing to the late rains. Apples have dropped 

 badly so that there is not more than an average crop of No. 1 

 hand-picked fruit. 



Framingham (H. S. Wiiittemore) . — Root crops are above the 

 average in yield and of good quality. Farm stock is in fine con- 

 dition. Fall seeding now looks finely. Prices of crops raised for 

 market have been better than in former years. Sweet corn has 

 been our most profitable crop and potatoes, onions and melons our 

 least profitable ones. I do not consider the season a profitable 

 one, and think that where farmers come out even they do well. 



Sudbury (E. W. Goodman). — Roots are about normal in con- 



