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the average and mangolds have done remarkably well. Pastures 

 have been good and all stock is in fine condition. Early seeding 

 is looking well, but late seeding needs more warm weather. Prices 

 for nearly all market crops have been fairly remunerative. Hay, 

 potatoes and corn are paying crops ; tobacco is not yet sold, but 

 from present prospects should be the leader for profit. The season 

 may be called fairly profitable if you mean by that making both 

 ends meet. 



West Springfield (T. A. Rogers). — Corn is fully up to an 

 average crop in quantity and value. Root crops are generally 

 good. Milking stock looks well, but young stock is not coming in 

 in good condition. Fall seeding never looked better. Prices for 

 crops raised for market are fully up to the average, perhaps better. 

 Tobacco, onions and hay have been our most profitable crops and 

 milk our least profitable product. The season has not been a 

 profitable one, and there has been so much rain that it has been 

 hard to advance farm work. 



East Longmeadoio (J. L. Davis). — Indian corn is not over 60 

 per cent of a full crop in value. Root crops are up to the usual 

 average. Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is in 

 good condition. Prices for crops raised for market have ruled 

 about the same as usual, although sales and collections have been 

 quicker. Hay has been our most profitable crop and potatoes our 

 least profitable one. Prices are too low and wages too high to 

 make farming pay if figured on a strictly business basis. 



Wilbraham (H. M. Bliss). — Corn is about two-thirds of a 

 normal crop in value. Root crops are .about three-fourths crops. 

 P'arm stock is in good condition. Fall seeding is in fair condition. 

 Prices have been full average for crops raised for market. Hay, 

 apples and peaches have been our most profitable crops and pota- 

 toes and corn our least profitable ones. Considered as a whole the 

 season has been a fairly profitable one for our farmers. 



Monson (F. D. Rogers) . — Corn is about 60 per cent of a 

 normal crop in value. Root crops are up to the usual average. 

 Young stock is very good, but milch cows are thinner than usual. 

 Fall seeding is in good condition. Prices for farm crops liave 

 ruled rather higher than usual, and dairy and poultry products 

 especially so. Grass has been our moat profitable crop and corn 

 our least profitable one. Considered as a whole the season has 

 been a profitable one for our farmers. 



