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reporting it was again getting very dry. The condition of 

 farm stock is dependent upon feed and care. Care being 

 practically uniform each year the question resolves itself into 

 one of feed alone. This year is no exception, and stock is 

 generally reported as from fair to good, although considered 

 a trifle thin, in some cases, owing to the drought, during 

 which time it was necessary to feed hay and grain. 



Fall Seeding. 

 The dry weather this fall has been detrimental to fall seed- 

 ing. The season being late, this seeding was necessarily 

 postponed somewhat, and was followed by a long period with 

 very little rain, resulting in some cases in a poor catch, and 

 checking the development of that already started. The rains 

 later in October, however, have helped out greatly, and fall 

 seeded pieces may yet become fairly well established before 

 the ground freezes up. Early seeding is reported in better 

 condition than the later sown fields. Reports seem to show 

 that a somewhat smaller amount of seeding than usual has 

 been done this fall, owing to unsuitable weather conditions. 



Prices. 

 In general, prices have ranged about the same as in former 

 years, although there has been a slight tendency toward 

 higher prices, with several exceptions in the case of indi- 

 vidual crops. Seventy-seven correspondents report prices in 

 general as normal, 25 report them above, and 17 as ranging 

 below. Prices of potatoes, apples and onions are reported 

 low in a large number of instances. This is partially due 

 to the fact that prices for these products last year were above 

 normal, and the change in price is therefore more marked. 

 Tomatoes and cauliflower are spoken of in some instances 

 as below the normal in price. The excessively wet spring and 

 the succeeding drought, by curtailing some crops, caused 

 short crops with a resulting higher run of prices ; this, how- 

 ever, was of but little advantage to the farmer, as the aggre- 

 gate receipts for these crops were not up to normal. The 

 tendency of market prices has been somewhat irregular 

 throughout the season. 



