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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 



Greenwich (Walter H. Glazier). — Indian corn is looking well, 

 but is a little late. There will be but very little rowen cut. Late 

 potatoes are doing well since the recent rains. There are but few 

 apples; good crops of grapes and plums. Pasturage is looking 

 well for the time of year. Oats and barley are only gTOwn foi* 

 forage. Celery and other late market-garden crops are not grown 

 for market. Early potatoes were a light crop. Corn and mowing 

 lands have improved greatly since the rains. 



Prescott (W. F. Wrndermuth). — Indian corn promises a full 

 normal crop. Rowen is probably not over 50 or 60 per cent of the 

 normal. There is some blight on late potatoes and the crop will 

 probably be light, possibly 75 per cent of the normal. Apples 

 are dropping badly, but promise a fair crop for an off year; other 

 fruits grown only for home use. Pasturage is in considerably better 

 condition than a month ago. Oats and barley are not average crops, 

 perhaps 80 to 85 per cent of the average, and are only grown for 

 forage. Celery and other late market-garden crops are not grown 

 in marketable quantities. 



Amherst (Wm. P. Brooks). — Indian corn is excellent, except on 

 lighter soils, and is further advanced towards maturity than usual. 

 The rowen crop is much below the average, except on the best 

 grass soils, well enriched and where fii'st crop was cut early; per- 

 haps a two-thirds crop. The ]DOta.to crop must be small, the tops 

 have become rank since the rains, but tubers of any size are few in 

 the hill, and many just starting will i^robably not attain merchant- 

 able size. The acreage of tobacco is slightly increased and the crop 

 excellent. Pasturage is decidedly short except under the veiy best 

 soil conditions. Oats and barley are too little grown to furnish 

 basis for report ; oats for forage were good. Apples are a fair 

 crop; pears normal; peaches good; grapes excellent; quinces fair. 

 Celery and other late market-garden crops are little grown. 



South Hadley (W. F. Person). — Corn is doing well and will 

 be a good crop. Rowen will be a small crop. Potatoes are a small 

 crop with some rot. Apples are a light crop; pears and grapes 

 good. Pastures are very dry. Oats are about an average crop. 

 Celery looks well considering the dry weather. The season has 

 been very dry and all streams are very low and many dry, but all 

 crops look very well. 



Hatfield (Thaddeus Graves). — Indian corn stands the dry 

 weather well and is looking finely. There will be very little rowen. 

 Potatoes, late and early, are small. Tobacco is about normal in 

 acreage and is looking well. There will be a small crop of all 



