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Bolton (C. F. Haykes). — Corn has been a uoi-mal crop of good 

 quality. Farm stock never was in better condition. Fall seeding is 

 in good shape. Prices for market crops have been fully up to the 

 average. The most profitable crops, in order, have been hay, po- 

 tatoes, corn, asparagus and sweet corn. As a whole, the season has 

 been a profitable one. Vegetation, streams, springs and wells have 

 recovered from the drought, but are now going back again. 



Oakham (Jesse Allen). — Compared with the normal, the corn 

 ci'op was about 75 per cent in quantity and in quality, the early 

 drought having curtailed it somewhat. Farm stock is rather thin. 

 Fall seeding looks well. Prices for market crops have been about 

 as usual. The most profitable crops, in order, have been milk, po- 

 tatoes, corn, poultry and apples. The least profitable crops are hay 

 and fruit. Considered as a whole, the season has not been a profita- 

 ble one, owing to high wages for help, the high cost of living, and 

 the low prices received for farm products. Vegetation, streams, 

 springs and wells have not recovered from early drought, and the 

 three latter are now very low. 



Shrewsbury (Fred J. Reed). — In quantity, the corn crop was 

 about 80 per cent of normal and of very good quality. The dry 

 weather has been unfavorable to the best development of the crops, 

 but the absence of frosts during the fall gTeatly helped out matters. 

 Root crops are somewhat below the average, owing to the dry 

 weather. Farm stock is in fair condition. Owing to dry weather, 

 very little fall seeding has been done. Prices for farm crops have 

 been about the average. The most profitable crops, in order, have 

 been asparagus, strawberries, peas, beans and tomatoes. Judging 

 from my own experience, the season has been a very unprofitable 

 one, owing to the dry Aveather. The early drought shows its bad 

 effects very plainly, and things will be in a serious condition unless 

 we have rain very soon. 



Southhorough (E. F. Collins). — The corn crop is about 80 per 

 cent of normal in quantity. The early drought and cold caused a 

 poor germination, resulting in an uneven stand and a further re- 

 tarded growth. Root crops are below the average, owing to lack of 

 rain. Farm stock is in fair condition. Fall seeding is not up to the 

 average. Prices in general show a little improvement each year. 

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

 potatoes, apples and tomatoes. The season, as a whole, has not been 

 a profitable one. The middleman gets all the profit. Help is scarce 

 and poor, and with the dry seasons there is little profit to be had. 

 Sti'eams and wells are the lowest ever, and vegetation has not recov- 

 ered from the early drought. 



Warren (Wm. E. Patrick). — I believe that the corn crop is 

 about 95 per cent in quantity and 97 per cent in quality. Farm 



