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one. The season has been an unusually profitable one. Drought has 

 affected pastures, and streams are low, but no great injury has been 

 done by it. 



New Braintree (Charles D. Sages). — Corn is better than usual. 

 Root crops are little grown. Farm stock is not in quite as good con- 

 dition as usual, owing to the drought. Very little fall seeding has been 

 done. Prices for market crops are about average. Hay, corn and oats 

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

 one. Considered as a whole, the season is fairly profitable. Streams 

 have held out very well, and the dry weather affected pastures and 

 mowings very little. 



Barre (John L. Smith), — The corn crop is 10 per cent above the 

 normal in value. Farm stock is thin in flesh. Little fall seeding has 

 been done, on account of dry weather. Hay and corn have been our 

 most profitable crops, and potatoes our least profitable one. Con- 

 sidered as a whole, the season has been an average one for profit. 

 Vegetation has made little growth; streams and springs very low, but 

 few failures. 



Royalston (C. A. Stimson). — The corn crop is 95 per cent of the 

 normal in value. Root crops are not up to the usual average. Farm 

 stock is in poor condition. Fall seeding is in very poor condition. 

 Crops raised for market have brought good prices. Corn has been 

 our most profitable crop, and beans and potatoes our least profitable 

 ones. Everything is dried up from the prolonged drought. 



Princeton (A. O. Tyler). — The corn crop is about normal in value. 

 Root crops are up to the usual average. Farrn stock is not quite as 

 good as usual, owing to the unfavorable season. Fall seeding is about 

 in average condition. Prices for crops raised for market have been 

 very low, except for potatoes. Potatoes and corn have been our most 

 profitable crops, and squashes and cabbages our least profitable ones. 

 Considered as a whole, the season has not been a profitable one. Wells 

 and streams are drying up, but vegetation has not suffered very much, 



Hubbardston (Chas. C. Colby). — The corn crop is the best for sev- 

 eral years. Root crops are very good. Stock will come to the barns 

 in good condition. Early fall seeding is looking finely. Prices for 

 market crops have been about the average for the past few years. Hay 

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

 profitable one. In the dairy section the season has not been satis- 

 factory. Our farmers are complaining of shortage of water supply. 



Fitchburg (Dr. Jabez Fisher). — Root crops are average yields. 

 Drought has held fall seeding back. Prices for crops raised for market 

 have been average. Fruits have been our most profitable crops, and 

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

 has been fairly profitable. The usual growth of vegetation is some- 

 what lacking; fruit buds are not abundant upon apples and pears; 

 streams, springs and wells are imusually low. 



