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excellent condition. The weather has been pretty dry for fall seeding, 

 but it is looking fairly well. Prices of all products have been good. 

 Hay and corn have been our most profitable crops, and potatoes our 

 least profitable one. Considered as a whole, the season has been a 

 profitable one for our farmers. 



HAMPDEN COUNTY. 



Tolland (Eugene M. Moore). — Indian corn is 2.5 per cent above 

 the normal in value. Root crops are more than average crops. Farm 

 stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is in fair condition. The hay 

 crop has been our most profitable crop, and potatoes our least profit- 

 able one. Considered as a whole, the season has been a profitable one 

 for farmers. 



Blandjord (Ends W. Boise). — The corn crop is extra good, no soft 

 corn. All root crops are good normal crops of good quahty. Farm 

 stock comes to the barns in good average health and flesh. What 

 little fall seeding has been done is not looking well. All farm crops 

 have brought good prices. Grass has been the most profitable crop, 

 all things considered, although the apple crop is a clear second. Po- 

 tatoes have been the least profitable. As a whole, the season has been 

 one of profit to our farmers. 



West Springfield (N. T. Smith). — The corn crop is fully average, 

 both in grain and stover. Root crops are up to the usual average. 

 Farm stock is in very good condition. Fall seeding is about aver- 

 age in condition, but below average in quantity. Prices for crops 

 raised for market have been fully up to the average, except for onions. 

 Corn and hay have been our most profitable crops, and apples and 

 onions our least profitable ones. Considered as a whole, the season is 

 slightly above the average year for profit. 



Agawam (J. G. Burt). — The corn crop is a little better than the 

 normal. Root crops have proved to be average crops. Farm stock is 

 in good condition. Fall seeding is rather light, owing to dry weather. 

 Prices for market crops are a little. better than in former years. Corn, 

 potatoes and tobacco have been our most profitable crops, and onions 

 and celery have been our least profitable ones. The season has been a 

 profitable one for our farmers, the best for years. 



East Longvieadow (John L. Davls). — Indian corn is a third above 

 an average crop in value. Root crops are not up to the usual average, 

 owing to dry weather. Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seeding 

 is late, being delayed in starting by dry weather. Prices have been 

 very good for farm crops. Corn has been our most profitable crop, 

 and potatoes our least profitable one. Nature has done well for the 

 farmers, but the farm help has offset that. If a farmer has had good 

 help, he has prospered ; otherwise, he has not found the season better 

 than in other years. 



Hampden (John N. Isham). — Indian corn compares well with any 

 crop of late years. Root crops are just a little below the average. Farm 



