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profitable one. Considered as a whole, the season will be a profit- 

 able one for our farmers. 



Wenham (N. P. Perkins). — Not much corn is raised here, but 

 it is hardly up to a normal crop. Root crops are good average 

 crops. As a rule, farm stock is looking well. Fall seeding is 

 rather slow in starting, but where well manured has come up even 

 and promises well. Prices for crops raised for sale vary some- 

 what, but on the whole are probably about average. Early cab- 

 bage, sweet corn, parsnips and beets are our most profitable crops, 

 and squashes, onions, peas, apples and potatoes our least profita- 

 ble ones. If the winter market should be good, with good prices, 

 the season would have been fairly profitable. 



Danvers (C. H. Preston). — Indian corn is an average crop in 

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

 condition. Prices for crops raised for market have been average 

 or better. Considered as a whole, the season has been a profita- 

 ble one for our farmers. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Stonghton (Charles F. Cdrtis). — The corn crop was only 

 about two-thirds of the value of an average crop. Root crops are 

 about 20 per cent short. Farm stock is in the best of condition. 

 Fall seeding is doing well. Prices for crops raised for market are 

 higher than usual. Hay has been our most profitable crop, and 

 potatoes our least profitable one. The season has not been a 

 profitable one in this town, owing to lack of rain. 



Canton (Edwin V. Kinsley) . — Indian corn is a fair aver- 

 age crop. Root crops are not quite average yields. Farm stock 

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

 Prices for crops raised for sale have ranged above the average. 

 Cabbage and sweet corn have been our most profitable crops, and 

 potatoes and onions our least profitable ones. Considered as a 

 whole, the season has been a profitable one for our farmers. The 

 latter half of the season has been quite favorable for the growth 

 of many crops, including forage crops, and herds are still being 

 fed in part or wholly on green feed, keeping the cows in full flow 

 of milk. 



Walpole (Edvtard L. Shepard).— Indian corn is 75 per cent 

 of a full crop in value. Root crops are not up to the usual aver- 

 age. Farm stock is in fairly good condition. Fall seeding is not 

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

 been higher than usual. Hay has been our most profitable crop, 

 and potatoes our least profitable one. Considered as a whole, the 

 season has decidedly not been a profitable one. 



