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Prices. 

 Prices for crops raised for market range a good deal 

 liigher than in former years, due in a large measure to 

 shortages of most of the leading crops. Of the 128 corre- 

 spondents answering this question 5 speak of prices as aver- 

 age, 9 as good, and 114 as higher than usual. 



Most Profitable Crops. 



Seventy-one correspondents, more than a majority, con- 

 sider hay to have been among the most profitable crops ; 39, 

 potatoes; 14, corn; 13, apples; 8, cranberries; 7, onions; 

 5, cabbages ; 4, sweet corn ; 3, tomatoes ; 2, strawberries ; 2, 

 cauliflower ; 2, asparagus ; 2, oats ; 2, fodder crops ; 1, dairy 

 products; 1, milk; 1, tobacco; 1, cucumbers; 1, berries; 1, 

 lettuce; 1, squashes; 1, parsnips; 1, beans; 1, turnips; and 

 1, beets. 



Least Profitable Crops. 



Thirty-nine correspondents, about one-third of those re- 

 plying, report that corn is among the least profitable crops; 

 35, potatoes; 8, apples; 6, cabbages; 6, small fruits; 4, 

 rowen ; 4, squashes ; 4, turnips ; 3, oats ; 3, hay ; 3, onions ; 3, 

 beans ; 3, peaches ; 3, root crops ; 3, tomatoes ; 3, milk ; 2, 

 peas; 2, beets; 1, garden truck; 1, buckwheat; 1, tobacco; 

 1, asparagus ; 1, grapes ; 1, pears ; 1, plums ; 1, lettuce ; 1, 

 celery; 1, strawberries; 1, cucumbers; 1, carrots; and 1, 

 cranberries. 



Profits of the Season. 



The season does not appear to have been a particularly 

 profitable one for our farmers. Crops have not been espe- 

 cially good, and while prices received have been high, grain 

 and everything which the farmer has to buy has also been 

 above the normal in price. Of the 128 correspondents an- 

 swering this question, 45 consider the season to have been 

 a profitable one, 21 an average season for profit, 6 that 

 there has been a small profit, 18 that it has been fairly 

 profitable, while 5 say that it has not been very profitable 

 and 33 that it has been an unprofitable one. 



