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have been the least pi'ofitable. Farmers complain of hard times 

 and low prices, with crops below the average. On the whole, it is 

 not considered a prosperous year. 



Southampton (C. B. Lyman). — The fall rains have helped out 

 the root crops and they are proving very good. Farm stock is 

 looking fairly well. Fall seeding is looking first rate, more of it 

 than usual. Apples were a good crop, and are mostly sold, price 

 $1.25 per barrel, and have netted the farmers about as much 

 money as any crop . Hay is the most profitable crop ; so many 

 crops were injured by the drought that is hard to tell which is least 

 profitable. As a whole, the season has not been a very profitable 

 one. 



Goshen ( Alvan Barrus) . — Root crops very uneven ; some 

 nearly a total failure, others fairly good ; average 75 per cent of a 

 good crop. Farm stock is somewhat below the average in condi- 

 tion. Fall seeding in rather extra condition. Apples are uneven, 

 but will prove profitable to those having a crop. Dairying has 

 probably taken the lead, though pastures have been short, and a 

 consequent decrease of milk with a greater cost for feed. Some 

 farmers are holding one or two crops of wool, while others have 

 sold for 12 or 15 cents, — just about half the former price. The 

 season has most decidedly not been a profitable one. 



Worthington (C. K. Brewster). — Eoot crops are about a fair 

 average. Stock which is dependent on pasture feed is looking 

 thin. Fall seeding and fall feed started remarkably after the 

 rains, and are now fair. Apples about average in price ; yield 

 good and fairly profitable. Hay and corn have been our most 

 profitable crops and oats our least profitable one. Considered as 

 a whole, the season has been fairly profitable. A new creamery 

 is being built, and will probably be in operation Jan. 1, 1895. 



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Tolland (F. T. Moore). — Root crops are about three-fourths 

 of an average. Farm stock is not quite so good flesh as usual. 

 Very little fall seeding is done, as it is liable to winter-kill in our 

 loam soil. Prices for apples are low ; the profit depends on the 

 value of the land for other crops, and on how much it costs to 

 pick and market them. Grass has been our most profitable crop 

 and corn our least profitable one. The horn fly has been very 

 hard on stock this season. The season has been a pretty hard one 

 for our farmers. 



Westjield (C. F. Fowler). — Root crops not up to average. 

 Farm stock in good condition. Fall seeding is a little late, but 



