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5. How have prices of crops raised for market compared 

 with former years ? 



6. Which of the leading crops in your locality liave been 

 most profitable ? 



7. Which of the leading cro]:>s in your locality have been 

 least profitable ? 



8. Considered as a whole, has the season been a profit- 

 able one for your farmers? 



Returns were received from 146 correspondents, from 

 which the following summary has been made : — 



Value of the Corn Crop. 

 Seldom, if ever, has the crop of Indian corn been of as 

 little value in Massachusetts as in the present year. The 

 conditions of the spring and summer months were extremely 

 unfavorable for the growth and development of the crop, and 

 the open fall was not sufficient to repair the damage done. 

 Taking the uses of the crop for gTain, stover and ensilage 

 into consideration probably its value is a little over one-half 

 that of a normal crop for the State as a whole. 



Root Crops. 



Root crops are generally reported to be good average 



cro[)8, and where raised for market are bringing good prices. 



Potatoes are a light crop as a whole, owing to rot, but have 



generally sold well. Celery appears to be a very good crop. 



Farm Stock. 



Pasture feed has l)een good throughout the season, and 

 has remained so to an unusually late date. There is hardly 

 a correspondent reporting farm stock to be in anything but 

 the best of condition, and it will go to the barns in prime 

 flesh. 



Fall Seeolxg. 



Less fall seeding than usual has been done, farm work of 

 all kinds being delayed by tlie lateness of haying. That 

 sown early was generally reported to have made good growth 

 and to be in fine condition. Later sown made a gfood catch 

 and promises well, though backward. 



