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condition. Tall seeding is doing well. Px'ices for market crops have 

 been as good as the average. Considered, as a whole, the season 

 has been an average one from the standpoint of profits. 



Phillipston (A. D. Clifford). — Root crops have been about an 

 average. The prices received for market crops have been about an 

 average, although somewhat less than last year. Vegetation has re- 

 covered from the early drought, but streams, springs and wells show 

 the effects very badly. 



Westminster (Fkank W. Derby). — Corn has been an average 

 crop in quantity and of very good quality, although the early drought 

 was instrumental in making the crop somewhat backward. Farm 

 stock is in fair condition. Fall seeding is also looking well. Prices 

 for market crops have been about the average. The most profitable 

 crops, in order, have been hay, potatoes, corn, apples and blueberries. 

 The drought has been the greatest drawback to farming this season. 

 Wells are lower than for years; some are dry that never before were 

 known to fail. 



Princeton {A. 0. Tyler). — In quantity the corn crop is about 

 80 per cent of normal ; in quality, 75 per cent. The cold spring, 

 followed by the dry weather, together with the early frosts this fall, 

 was unfavorable to the development of the crop. Root crops have 

 been about the average. Farm stock looks well. Fall seeding is in 

 good condition. Prices have been lower than formerly this season. 

 The most profitable crops, in order, have been hay, corn, potatoes 

 and apples. The least profitable crops, in order, have been oats and 

 beans. I think that the season has been a profitable one. Vegeta- 

 tion, streams, springs and wells have by no means recovered from 

 the early drought, wells having gone dry that have never been 

 known to do so before. 



Sterling Junction (Heistry S. Sawyer). — The corn crop is about 

 75 per cent of normal in quantity and 85 per cent in quality. The 

 cold, wet May made planting late; then came a drought of several 

 weeks, during which the seed was very slow in germinating, some 

 not sprouting at all. Owing to the drought in many localities, the 

 root crop has not come up to an average. Farm stock generally is 

 in good condition. Fall seeding is very good so far as I can ascer- 

 tain. Very good prices have been the rule for most crops, with the 

 exception of tomatoes. The most profitable crops, in order, have 

 been hay, corn, apples and potatoes. The least profitable crops, in 

 order, have been peas, beans, beets, tomatoes and pears. Considered 

 as a whole, the season has not been a profitable one, owing to the 

 late spring and severe drought. Vegetation, springs, streams and 

 wells have not recovered from the early drought, many si)rings and 

 wells are dry, and farmers have had to go quite a distance for all 

 their water, both for house and stock. 



