Harvard. — Hardly a. profitable year for onr farmers. Hay, 



corn, peaches and grapes have been fairly satisfactor}'. Apples, 



oats, and in many cases potatoes, have been practically failures. 



Season has been favorable for the production of milk. Prices of 



dairy products about the same as last season. Milk sold in 



Boston. Dairying not profitable for the majority of the farmers, 



but it depends somewhat on the farm. Drawbacks are low price 



of milk, and the farmers will not unite together to obtain what 



rightly belongs to them. 



Preston Knight. 



Leominster. — As a whole, the season is considered a profitable 

 one. It has been favorable for the production of milk and butter. 

 Price of butter lower than in former seasons, and price of milk 

 about the same. Consider dairying profitable, but at present 

 prices of grain the profit is small. In making butter, the farmer 

 has to compete with oleo and butter substitutes, and this reduces 

 the price. A well-managed farm, let the season be what it may, 

 will produce some crop that a profit can be derived from. One 

 great failure is cultivating too much land, and the loose manner 

 of conducting the business part. Too many trust to what the 

 purchaser says his goods are worth, and this with him must be the 

 price. Conduct farming on a sound footing, and, with what 

 benefit we get from the State, farmers can live. 



W. B. HOSMER. 



North Dana. — Considered as a whole, the season has been a 

 profitable one for our farmers. Hay and corn have been fairly 

 satisfactory. Potatoes have been practically a failure. Season 

 has been favorable for the production of milk and butter. Dairy 

 products about an average in price. Butter is the chief dairy 

 product. Do not consider dairying profitable for our farmei's. 

 The low price of butter, on account of the manufacture of imita- 

 tion butter, is the chief drawback. We need a law to prevent 

 the counterfeiting of butter, which will make a better market for 



the pure article. 



E. A. Albee. 



