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ceived for market crops are a little higher than usual. Onions are our 

 most profitable crop, and potatoes our least profitable one. Consid- 

 ered as a whole, the season has been a profitable one for our farmers. 



Hatfield (Thaddeus Graves). — • Corn is a three-fourths crop. Root 

 crops are about normal crops. Farm stock is a little thin, as pastures 

 did not fully recover from the dry weather. Fall seeding is in good 

 condition. Prices for crops raised for market are 10 per cent above 

 the normal. Onions are our most profitable crop, and potatoes our 

 least profitable one, having been affected by blight and rot. The 

 season has not been as profitable as usual. 



Southampton (C. B. Lyman). — The corn crop is below the normal in 

 value. Root crops are not up to the usual average. Farm stock is in 

 fairly good condition. Fall seeding is later than usual. Prices for 

 crops grown for market have ruled above the average. Hay has been 

 our most profitable crop, and dairying has been our least profitable 

 branch of farming. Tobacco is unsold as yet, but a good crop. 



Westhampton (Levi Burt). — Lidian corn is two-thirds of a full 

 crop in value. Root crops are up to the average in condition. Farm 

 stock is looking well. Fall seeding is in good condition. Potatoes 

 bring 80 cents per bushel, and apples $2.50 per barrel. Apples are 

 our most profitable crop. The season has been a profitable one, as 

 we had a full hay crop, and the extra returns on apples and potatoes 

 will more than make up for the shortage in corn and rowen. 



Chesterfield (Horatio Bisbee). — Corn is about 80 per cent of a 

 full crop in value, both for grain and silage. Root crops have proved 

 to be average crops. Farm stock is in fairly good condition. Fall 

 seeding is not quite up to the normal. Hay has been our most profit- 

 able crop, and corn our least profitable one. Prices have been good 

 for what the farmer has to sell, and the season has been a profitable 

 one as a whole. Apples have proved to be a good crop in this section. 

 The greatest drawback the farmer has to contend with is the scarcity 

 of help. 



HAMPDEN COUNTY. 



Russell (E. D. Parks). — The corn crop is about two-thirds of a 

 normal crop in value. Root crops are about average, rather below, if 

 anything. Farm stock is looking about as usual. But little fall 

 seeding has been done so far, but what has been put in looks well. 

 Prices for market crops have been rather above the normal. Hay and 

 potatoes have been our most profitable crops, and fruits and corn ovir 

 least profitable ones. With high prices, the season has been about an 

 average one for profit. 



Agawam (J. G. Burt). — The corn crop is above the normal in 

 value. Root crops have proved to be average crops. The condition 

 of farm stock is good. Fall seeding is in good condition. Prices for 

 crops raised for market have been better than usual. Hay, corn and 

 potatoes have been our most profitable crops, and tobacco and onions 



