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Prices for crops raised for market have been better than usual. 

 Hay, oats and corn have been our most profitable crops, and pota- 

 toes our least profitable one, owing to rot. Considered as a whole, 

 the season has been a profitable one. Never has good farm help 

 been as hard to get as now. 



Mtiidon (J. J. Nutter). — Indian corn is fully up to the average. 

 Root crops are not much grown, but are about average yields. 

 Farm stock is in fully as good condition as common. Fall seeding 

 is in very good condition. Prices for crops raised for market have 

 been fully up to the average. Hay has been our most profitable 

 crop, and potatoes our least profitable one. As the potato and 

 apple crops have been poor, the season has not been an average 

 one for profit. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



Hopkinton (W. V. ThoiMpson). — Indian corn hereabouts is a 

 normal crop. Root crops are not as good as usual. Farm stock 

 is in very good condition. Fall seeding is in good condition here- 

 abouts. Prices for crops raised for market are about the same as 

 usual, potatoes a little higher. Ensilage corn and potatoes, when 

 not affected by rot, have been our most profitable crops ; and hay 

 and potatoes, where affected by rot, our least profitable ones. 

 Crops took longer than usual to mature, owing to cool nights, but 

 the warm fall ripened them well ; no frost to do damage up to the 

 24th. The season has been a profitable one. 



Framingham (J. S. Williams). — Corn has been a good crop 

 in value, fully up to the normal. Root crops have made good 

 growth, with satisfactory results. Stock is looking well, showing 

 that pasturage has been good. Fall seeding is unusually fine, 

 with a good, even catch. Good prices have prevailed for market 

 crops. Grass and corn have been our most profitable crops, and 

 potatoes our least profitable one, owing to blight and rot. With 

 hard work and close application the season has been a profitable 

 one. 



Marlborough (E. D. Howe). — Indian corn is a good normal 

 crop. Root crops are up to the usual average. Farm stock is in 

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

 crops raised for market have been rather better than usual. 

 Peaches and apples have been our most profitable crops, and 

 potatoes our least profitable one, as they rotted badly. Con- 

 sidered as a whole, the season has been more profitable than any 

 for the last five years. 



Littleton (Geo. W. Sanderson). — The corn crop is above the 

 average in value. Root crops are up to the usual average, with 



