Fall Seeding. 

 Fall seeding can hardly be said to be in good condition 

 and is probably, if anything, a little below average. The 

 condition a month ago was poor but the rains of the past 

 month have improved it materially. A number of corre- 

 spondents speak of it as late but looking well, while a few 

 consider the condition poor. Others speak of it as fair or 

 not quite up to average, while fully half the correspondents 

 speak of the condition as good. 



Apples. 

 Prices for apples may be considered as nearly average if 

 not quite so. The majority of correspondents speak of them 

 as average, a few as above average, and a slightly larger 

 number as below. Prices quoted range from $1 to $1.50 

 per barrel ; probably $1.25 would be a fiiir average of the 

 prices given. About two-thirds of the correspondents con- 

 sider the crop a profitable one, while the other one-third 

 looks upon it as unprofitable. Among the reasons given for 

 lack of profit are the high cost and scarcity of barrels, the 

 high price of labor and land, poor methods of orcharding, 

 and the unusually large crop. 



Most Profitable Crops. 

 The opinions of correspondents as to the most profitable 

 crops vary widely. Some state that they cannot tell, as sales 

 are not yet completed, while one says that there have been 

 no profitable crops this year. Thirty-eight consider hay 

 to have been among the most profitable crops ; thirty-three, 

 potatoes ; twenty-four, corn ; eighteen, apples ; four, tobacco ; 

 three, cabbage ; three, fruit ; two, rye ; two, oats ; two, bar- 

 ley ; two, cranberries ; two, peas ; two, asparagus ; and 

 one, dairy products. 



Least Profitable Crops. 



Twenty-seven correspondents state that potatoes were 



among the least profitable crops; eighteen, corn; eight, 



hay; seven, oats; six, onions; five, apples; four, roots; 



four, cabbage ; three, milk ; three, market-garden crops ; 



