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our least profitable one. The season has been a very fair one for 

 profit with us. 



Blackstone (O. F. Fuller) . — The corn crop is worth more than 

 usual, when compared with the price of grain. Root crops are about 

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

 fair condition. Ci'ops raised for market have brought a little higher 

 prices than in former years. Tomatoes have been our most profitable 

 crop. A number of our leading crops were injured by the drought. 

 The season is no more profitable than usual, owing to the high price of 

 farm help and grain. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



Sherborn (C. 0. Littlefield). — Indian corn is about two-thirds of 

 a good full crop in value. Root crops are not up to the average. Farm 

 stock is much improved since the fall rains have started up feed. The 

 small amount of fall seeding done looks very well. Average prices of 

 crops raised for market have been a little higher than in previous 

 years. Potatoes have been our most profitable crop, and fruit our 

 least profitable one, all kinds being short, and peaches a total failure. 

 The season has not been a profitable one, owing to the bad weather, 

 the scarcity of good help and the high price of grain and other things 

 which the farmer has to purchase. 



Hopkinton (W. V. Thompson) . — Corn is from one-half to two-thirds 

 of the value of a normal crop for ensilage and one-fourth for field corn. 

 Root crops are about one-fourth yields in this vicinity. Farm stock is 

 looking well. Not much fall seeding has been done, but that put in is 

 looking well. Prices for market crops have been very little higher 

 than usual. Hay is an extra good crop, and potatoes a good crop. 

 Field corn, squashes, fruits and rowen have been our least profitable 

 crops. The season has not been a profitable one. 



Stow (George W. Bradley). — The value of the corn crop is not 

 quite up to the normal. Root crops are in fair condition. Farm 

 stock is looking very well. Most seeding was done so late that it has 

 not started sufficiently to note condition. As a rule, prices for crops 

 raised for market have averaged higher than usual. Hay has been 

 our most profitable crop, and fruits our least profitable one. Con- 

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



Maynard (L. H. Maynard) . — The corn crop is medium, and was 

 fully up to the average on low land, but suffering on high land from 

 drought. Farm stock is in very good condition, the recent rains 

 having improved the pastures. Fall seeding is in fair condition, but 

 is uneven. Prices for farm crops have been a little better than in 

 former years. Hay has been our most profitable crop, and rowen our 

 least profitable one. While the season has been a peculiar one, as a 

 whole it has been profitable for most farmers. 



Townsend (G. A. Wilder). — The corn crop is fully equal to a 



