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This is a dairy section, and faiiiu'is have iloiie better than usual, as 

 the feed has been good all summer. 



Winchendon (Arthur Stockwell). — Farm stock is in hne condi- 

 tion. Fall seeding is looking finely. Prices for crops raised for market 

 liavo been about the same as usual. Potatoes have been our most 

 profitable crop, and corn our least profitable one. Considered as a 

 whole, the season has been a profitable one for our farmers. 



Ashburnham (E. D. Gibson). — Indian corn is about normal hi 

 value. Root crops are hardly uj) to the average, as it has been too 

 dry for them. Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is only 

 fair, and not as much has been done as usual. Prices of crops raised 

 for market have compared well with former years. Corn has done 

 well, also vine crops. Potatoes have been unprofitable with many. 

 The season has been fully an average one for profit. 



Westminster (.Xi.den J. Foskett). — Indian corn is a full crop. 

 .\11 root crops have yielded well. Farm stock is in good condition. 

 Fall seeding is in good condition. Prices for crops raised for market 

 have all been good. Hay has been our most profitable crop, and none 

 of our leading crops have been unprofitable. Considered as a whole, 

 the season has been a profitable one, and farmers are quite contented. 



Lancaster (S. C. D.\mon). — Indian corn is 7o per cent of a normal 

 crop. Carrots, mangolds and turnips are very good. Farm stock is 

 in good condition. Fall seeding is well started. Prices for farm crops 

 have kept well up to the average. Potatoes have been our most 

 profitable croj). The apple crop has failed in many localities, and is 

 missed by the farmers. 



Bolton (H. F. H.VYNES). — Corn is fully up to the normal in value. 

 Root crops are average crops. Farm stock is in good condition. Fall 

 seeding looks well. Apples are selling at $1.75 per barrel, and pota- 

 toes from GO to 65 cents per bushel. It is hard to say what crops 

 have been most profitable; everything has sold at fair prices. Hay, 

 corn and potatoes are all good crops, and apples are about 60 per cent 

 of a full crop; so, on the whole, the sea.son has been a profitable one. 



Worcester (Sil.\s A. Bukgess). — Indian corn is fully up to the nor- 

 mal in value. Root crops have proved to be average crops. Farm 

 stock is in good condition. Fall .seeding is good, but rather late. 

 Prices of crops raised for market have been well up to the average, 

 (irass, hay, corn, millet and other fodder crops have been i)rofitable. 

 while potatoes have been (hu- least {profitable crop, ('onsidered as a 

 whole, the season has been a profitable one for our farmers. 



Auburn (Wm. (Iilbert). — Corn is about 25 per cent above the 

 normal. Turnips and carrots are good crops. There has been so much 

 feed in the |)astures that cattle are in good condition. Prices for early 

 crops were good, but those for late crops poor. Corn, cabbages and 

 celery have been our most profitable crops, and potatoes our least 

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

 one for our farmers. 



