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is in excellent condition. Prices for farm crops have been about 

 up to the average. Potatoes have been our least profitable crop. 

 The season has been a fairly profitable one as a whole. Drought 

 hurt early potatoes, cucumbers, melons and other early crops some- 

 what on high land. Mowings and pastures have improved since 

 the fall rains and are now in good condition. 



Oroveland (Abel Stickney) . — Root crops are nearly up to the 

 average. Farm stock is generally in good condition. Very little 

 fall seeding was done this season. Prices for farm crops have 

 compared favorably with other years. Corn and hay have been 

 our most profitable crops. It is hard to decide which crops have 

 been least profitable. The season has not been as profitable as 

 some, owing to the light potato and hay crops. The late rains 

 have made a great improvement in grass roots and we hope for 

 good conditions in pastures and mowings another spring. 



Neiobury (G. W. Adams) . — Root crops are up to the usual 

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

 backward, but is in fair condition. With the exception of apples 

 and pears, prices for farm crops have been about average. Potatoes 

 have been our most profitable crop and strawberries our least profit- 

 able one. The season has been nearly an average one for profit. 



Andover (M. H. Gould) . — Root crops are up to the usual aver- 

 age. Farm stock is rather thin in flesh. Fall seeding is in good 

 condition. Prices for farm crops have been better than the aver- 

 age this year. Hay has been our most profitable crop and cucum- 

 bers for pickles our least profitable one. The season has not been 

 a profitable one, as the late frost in the spring and the drought in 

 the summer affected all crops. Also the low price of milk and the 

 high price for grain, with the short pastures, make profits small 

 on milk raising. 



Wenham (N. P. Perkins). — Beets and carrots are average 

 crops, but onions and parsnips are not. Cows are looking well 

 on account of heavy feeding at the barns. Fall seeding is looking 

 very well on well-manured land, otherwise on poor land. Prices 

 for farm crops have ranged about as usual. Sweet corn, onions, 

 beets and tomatoes have been our most profitable crops and carrots, 

 potatoes, cabbages, squashes, apples and milk our least profitable 

 ones. The season has not been a profitable one to date, but winter 

 vegetables may sell better. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Cohasset (E. E. Ellms) . — Root crops have proved to be aver- 

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



