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looking fairly well. Prices for apples compare favorably with 

 former years ; the cx'op is a profitable one on suitable land. 

 Tobacco is unsold and hay always salable, so cannot tell which 

 will be most profitable. It is hard to estimate profits before crops 

 are sold, but on the whole I consider the season a good average one. 



West Springfield (J. N. Bagg) . — I think roots are average 

 crops. Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is back- 

 ward. Apples here are remarkably fair ; the demand for early 

 ones was dull, and late ones are in demand for export. Probably 

 corn has been our least profitable crop. Considered as a whole, 

 the season has not been a profitable one. 



Chicopee (R. W. Bemis). — Root crops have proved average 

 except on very dry ground. Farm stock is in fair condition. Fall 

 seeding is very good ; not so much done as usual. Prices for 

 apples about the same as former years ; I do not think the crop 

 profitable, as we handle it. Corn has been our most profitable 

 crop and oats our least profitable one. The season has been as 

 profitable as any. 



Wilbraham (H. M. Bliss). — Root crops are fully average. 

 Farm stock is in average condition. Early sown fall seeding is in 

 good condition. Apples about the same price as last year. Grass 

 and potatoes have been our most profitable crops and corn our 

 least profitable one. The severe drought has been a drawback to 

 the success of our farmers. 



Monson (A. H. White). — Root crops have not proved average. 

 Farm stock is not quite in average condition, on account of drought. 

 Fall seeding is doing quite well now; it did not start well, on 

 account of drought. Prices for apples are not to be complained 

 of, and the crop is a fairly profitable one. Apples have been our 

 most profitable crop and potatoes our least profitable one. Feed 

 has been short, so that cows have failed to be profitable, and the 

 prices have been low. I think the season the most discouraging 

 for many years. 



WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Warren (W. E. Patrick). — Root crops have not turned out to 

 be average. Farm stock is not in quite so good flesh as usual 

 at this time of year. Fall seeding has improved with the recent 

 rains, but is not quite up to the average. Prices for apples are a 

 little better than in former years, when the crop was equally large : 

 it is a profitable crop. Rye, corn and apples are our most profit- 

 able crops, and potatoes, oats and barley our least profitable ones. 

 The season has been far from a profitable one. 



