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a profitable one and almost ull our farmers have netted more than 

 for several years. Baldwin apples are poorer in quality and 

 quantity than for many years. 



Weston (H. L. Bkown). — Indian corn is not more than half 

 a normal crop in value. Root crops are up to the usual average. 

 Farm stock is in good condition. Early seeding is in good con- 

 dition. Prices for market-garden crops have mostly been good. 

 Sweet corn has been as profitable as any crop, and cabbages have 

 been profitable where a good yield was secured. Corn has been 

 our least profitable crop, both where planted for grain and for the 

 silo. The squash crop has been almost a failure, very few ripen- 

 ing. The season has been profitable for some and unprofitable 

 for others. 



ESSEX COUNTY. 



Amesbury (F. W. Sargent). — The value of the corn crop is 

 less than 2.5 per cent that of a normal crop. Root crops are fair, 

 but hardly up to the average. An abundance of feed has kept 

 farm stock in good condition. F'all seeding is in very good con- 

 dition. Those who have raised produce are getting better prices 

 than usual. Hay has been our most profitable crop and corn our 

 least profitable one. The season has been the most unprofitable 

 and unsatisfactory ever known. Onions generally poor and sweet 

 corn almost a failure. 



Haverhill (Eben Webster). — The corn crop is somewhat less 

 valuable than usual. Root crops are up to the usual average. 

 Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is looking well. 

 Prices for crops raised for market have been higher than usual. 

 The season has been about an average one for profit, crops being 

 poor but prices good. 



Newbury (G. W. Adams). — Corn is not more than one-fourth 

 of a normal crop in value. Root crops are very nearly up to the 

 usual average, but not quite. Farm stock is in very good condi- 

 tion. Fall seeding is fair to good. With the exception of early 

 sweet corn and tomatoes prices have been no higher for crops 

 raised for market. Hay and potatoes have been the most profit- 

 able crops and onions our least profitable one. A remarkably 

 poor year combined with a great scarcity of laborers and exces- 

 sively high wages. 



Rowley (D. H. O'Brien). — Corn is about 25 per cent of a 

 normal crop in value. Root crops have proved to be good crops. 

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

 condition. Prices for crops raised for market have been rather 

 above the average. Potatoes have been our most profitable crop 



