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the season rather better than the average for the prodnction of 

 milk and butter. Prices of dairy products, on the whole, fnllv an 

 average. Consider dairying as pnjiitable or more profitable than 

 any other branch of farming. We all want higher [irices for our 

 dairy products. 



C. B. Lyman. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 

 Ashland. — Season has been a profitable one. Corn and onions 

 fairly satisfactory, and ap|)les iMactically a failure. Also potatoes 

 have rotted badly. Season has been favorable for the production 

 of milk and bntter. Prices of dairy [iroducts much the same. 

 The principal product is milk, which is sent to IJoston. Chief 

 drawbacks in dairying are poor management and perha[)s high 

 taxes. 



A. K. Stevens. 



Concord. — On the whole, the season has been a profitable one 

 for our farmers. Berries, potatoes and tomatoes have been fairl}' 

 satisfactory. The peach crop was almost a total failure, and the 

 apple crop was small. Season, except in July and August, has 

 been favorable for the production of milk and butter. Prices of 

 dairy products have been about the same as usual. The milk is 

 sold to contractors. Do not consider dairying profitable. Farmers 

 make milk to make manure, and i-aise something else to make 

 money. The chief drawback is the large per cent taken out by 

 the contractors. 



W. H. Hunt. 



Groton. — Do not consider the season a profitable one. as a 

 whole. Grass has been fairly satisfactory, and apples practically 

 a failure. Season favorable for the production of milk and butter. 

 Dairy products low in price until middle of September. They are 

 marketed in Boston. Consider dairying profitable, if anything is 

 profitable. Chief drawback in dairying at present is low prices. 

 Up to the present there is no demand for the surplus hay. Have 

 seldom known the price of hay so low, and even at the low price 

 no demand. Our a|)ple crop, which generally yields a large 

 revenue, is an almost total failure. 



Daniel Needham. 



Wilmington. — Season has been a profitable one. Hay, corn 

 and vegetables have been fairly satisfactory. Apples, beans and 

 meadow cranberries have been practically failures. Season has 

 befen favorable for the production of milk and butter. Dairy 



