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value. Root crops have generally proved about average crops. Farm 

 stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is very backward, because of 

 drought. Crops raised for market have sold lower than in former 

 years. Corn has been our most profitable crop, and potatoes our least 

 profitable one. Not much profit, beyond a hving, is expected from 

 farming in this section. Vegetation has ripened prematurely, and 

 streams and springs are unusually low; some wells are dry, and others 

 nearly so. 



Concord (Wm. H. Hunt). — The corn crop is a httle below the aver- 

 age in value. Root crops are rather below the average. Farm stock 

 is in good condition, having been fed at the barn. Prices for crops 

 raised for market are not quite up to the average. Asparagus and 

 strawberries have been our most profitable crop, and potatoes, apples 

 and cabbages our least profitable ones. The season has not been a 

 profitable one, as a whole. Springs and wells were never so low. 

 Fall seeding has suffered severely. Cabbages and cauliflowers have 

 not filled out as they should. 



Winchester (S. S. Symmes). — No Indian corn is raised here. Root 

 crops are not quite up to the average. All stock has been fed in the 

 barn for weeks. Fall seeding has not made much growth. Prices are 

 very much lower than ever before. Sweet corn has been our most 

 profitable crop, and cauliflower our least profitable one. Hardly a 

 farmer in this section has paid expenses. Savoy cabbage are nearly 

 a total failure. Brooks and springs dry for weeks past. The drought 

 has been favorable to insect pests. 



Newton (G. L. Marcy). — Root crops are not up to the usual average. 

 Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is late. Prices for crops 

 raised for market are lower than usual. The season has not been a 

 profitable one for our farmers. The Charles River is very low. The 

 season has been a very trying one, with two severe droughts, and low 

 prices, while grain and labor remain high. 



ESSEX COUNTY. 



Salisbury (Wesley Pettengill). — The corn crop is 25 per cent 

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

 Farm stock is in good condition, considering the dry season. Fall 

 seeding is in poor condition, owing to dry weather. Prices average 

 about as in former years; No. 1 Baldwin apples bring $1 . 75 per barrel, 

 squashes $5 to $7 a ton. Hay and corn are our most profitable crops, 

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

 season is an average one for profit. Vegetation has suffered from 

 drought on some land; streams have mostly dried up, springs are very 

 low and many wells are dry. 



Amesbury (F. W. Sargent). — Corn is at least 25 per cent above the 

 normal in value. Root crops are below the usual average. Farm 

 stock is generally thin in flesh, and in low milking condition. Fall 



