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

 profitable one. The season has been a profitable one, considered as a 

 whole. Vegetation has stood the drought very well, but streams, 

 springs and wells are very low. 



Charlemont (J. M. J. Legate). — Yield and price taken into account, 

 the corn crop is double the normal in value. Root crops are little 

 raised. Stock will come into the barns thin in flesh, owing to the 

 drought. Fall seeding is in very poor condition, owing to drought. 

 Prices for crops raised for market are fully up to the average. Hay 

 has been our most profitable crop, and potatoes our least profitable one. 

 Owing to the drought and the high prices of grain, the season has not 

 been a profitable one. Streams are very low, and springs and wells 

 are drying up; fields are brown, and a week's steady rain is needed. 



Gill (F. F. Stoughton). — The corn crop is above the normal in 

 value. Root crops are not much raised. Fall seeding is good on moist 

 land, and poor elsewhere. Farm stock is in good condition. Corn is 

 our most profitable crop, and potatoes and winter apples our least 

 profitable one. Streams and springs are low, although we have not 

 suffered as much as in some localities. 



Ashfield (Albert Howes). — Corn is ten per cent above the normal 

 in value. But few root crops are raised, and they are hardly up to the 

 average. Farm stock is not in as good condition as usual. Fall seed- 

 ing does not look well, owing to dry weather. Prices for crops raised 

 for market are about average, and some a httle better. Apples have 

 been our most profitable crop, and potatoes our least profitable one. 

 Considered as a whole, the season has been about normal for profit, 

 although the high prices of grain have cut profits on dairy products. 

 The drought has been severely felt, though not as much as in surround- 

 ing towns. 



Deer field (D wight A. Hawkes). — The value of the corn crop is 

 above the normal. Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seeding 

 is in good condition. Hay has been our most profitable crop, and 

 potatoes our least profitable one. Considered as a whole, the season 

 has been a profitable one. The drought has not hurt vegetation, and 

 while water is low, we still have plenty. 



Montague (A. M. Lyman). — The corn crop is much above the aver- 

 age in value. Root crops are fairly profitable. Farm stock is in good 

 condition where it has been fed from the barn. Fall seeding looks 

 well, and it has been a good time to re-seed low lands. Prices for 

 crops raised for market have not been as good as usual. Corn has 

 been our most profitable crop, and potatoes our least profitable one. 

 Considered as a whole, the season has hardly been an average one for 

 profit. The drought shortened rowen and fall feed, and many streams, 

 springs and wells are very low. 



Wendell (N. D. Plumb). — The corn crop is fully one-fourth above 

 the normal in value. There was a very large yield of roots, but the 



