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Stoekbridge (F. A. Palmer). — The corn crop is about 90 per 

 cent of normal in quantity, and 80 per cent of normal in quality. 

 The early season was too wet and midsummer too dry for the best 

 development of the corn crop. Root crops have proved to be below 

 the average on account of the extremes of wet and dry weather. 

 Farm stock is in very good condition. Fall seeding is extra good. 

 Market prices are somewhat higher than in former years. The most 

 profitable crops, in order, have been hay, corn, oats, rye and buck- 

 wheat. The least profitable crops, in order, have been potatoes and 

 apples. With good prices for his i^roduce, the season has been very 

 satisfactory to the farmer. ■ Springs are still diy, as are wells. All 

 such crops as are raised in the home garden have done well where 

 cared for. Orchards, well cared for, have responded to such care, 

 but many are neglected, with the result that there is little fruit. 



West Stockhridge (J. S. Moore). — There is about the usual 

 amount of corn, and with few exceptions it is of good quality. The 

 crop was slow to mature for the lack of good hot weather, and dry 

 weather was a factor unfavorable to its best development. Root 

 crops have yielded in about the usual amount. Farm stock is look- 

 ing well and compares favorably with other years. Not as much fall 

 seeding has been done as usual, but the fields are looking well. 

 There have been no particular changes in the market prices for 

 crops except in the case of potatoes, of which there has been a 

 large crop of good quality which is selling for lower prices than 

 usual. Farmers, as a rule, keep no account of the cost of a crop, 

 and any statement from them as to the most profitable or least 

 profitable crops is g-uesswork. The season has been a profitable one 

 for farmers; they are living better, dressing better, and get more 

 out of life than a few years ago, all of which would indicate a 

 T)rofitabIe business. At present, streams and springs are low. and 

 the early drought affected fall feed very much. A farmer's life is 

 about the same each year, and he is obliged to contend with only 

 one serious drawback, namely, help. It is next to impossible to ob- 

 tain satisfactory help nowadays on the farm, and the farmer is 

 obliged to limit his farm operations to only such work as he can 

 accomplish by himself, or by exchange with neighbors. Farmers 

 have no labor troubles and a strike on the farm is a thing unheard of. 



Alford (Lester T. Osborne). — The corn crop is about 90 per 

 cent of normal in both quantity and quality. The weather has been 

 favorable for curing stover, the quality of which is 110 per cent. 

 The cold, wet spring has been very unfavorable to the best develop- 

 ment of the crojD, but the late liot, dry weather brought forward the 

 crop beyond expectation. Root crops have proved to be 100 per 

 cent. Abundant moisture has made pastures fine and condition of 

 farm stock is 110 per cent. Fall seeding is 100 per cent in condi- 



