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crops. There will be a very good crop of apples and many peaches; 

 grape vines are loaded and there are some pears. The extreme 

 drought makes pastures very poor. Rye, oats and barley are about 

 normal crops. I have set 300 apple trees, but very few others have 

 set any. 



Sunderland (George P. Smith). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Indian corn is in good condition, though some spots are 

 injured by drought; about one-half the crop is grown for the silo. 

 There was about a two-thirds crop of Number 1 hay. Market-garden 

 crops are late and small; yield of potatoes very light, but prices 

 good. There will be a small yield of apples, pears, plums and grapes. 

 Feed is very short in the pastures, owing to drought. Rye, oats and 

 barley are little grown. No new apple orchards have been set out. 

 Onion sets are being harvested; yield 100 to 300 bushels per acre; 

 price $1 per bushel. Tobacco promises well, and leaves are being 

 picked on the shade-grown. 



Northfield (T. R. Callender). — Corn is small and badly rolled, 

 but probably saved by the rain of the 24th; more than one-third 

 of the crop is grown for the silo. The hay crop was about one- 

 third of the normal and much of it dead before harvesting. A con- 

 siderable amount of oats are raised for fodder. Early potatoes are a 

 complete failure; pease also; prices high for all truck. Apples are 

 dropping badly. Pastures are badly burned. Oats for forage are 

 a fair crop. No new apple orchards have been set out. 



Wendell (N. D. Plumb). — Potato bugs and tent caterpillars are 

 doing damage. Indian corn is very backward on account of drought ; 

 about one-fourth of the crop is grown for the silo. The hay crop is 

 normal in quantity and quality. More than the usual amount of 

 forage crops is being raised, but they are making slow growth. 

 Early potatoes are a failure and later ones will be about half a 

 normal crop. Apples are falling from the trees and the prospect is 

 for not more than half a crop. Pasturage is in poor condition. 

 Rye, oats and barley are half crops. No new apple orchards have 

 been planted. Wells and streams are dry and many are carting 

 water for stock watering and household purposes. 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 

 Ware (J. H. Fletcher). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Corn is somewhat late, but looking very well; most of it is grown 

 for grain. Hay was not much more than half a crop on some farms. 

 More forage crops are raised than last year and they are looking 

 very well. Market-garden crops are not in very good condition. 

 The prospect for apples is not very good; there will be some 

 peaches. Pastures are not in very good condition. I do not think 

 anv new orchards have been set out. 



