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The prospect for apples and pears is good. Pasturage is dry. The 

 weather has been too dry for oats and barley. Celery and other 

 late market-garden crops are in good condition. 



West Springfield (N. T. Smith). — Indian corn is about an aver- 

 age crop except that it is a little late. Very little rowen will be 

 cut in this section. The prospect for late potatoes is poor, and there 

 is some blight, but no rot as yet. Formerly large quantities of 

 tobacco were grown in town, but this year there is but one field, 

 which is very fine. The npple crop is short; other fruits average. 

 Pastures are in poor condition, freshened by the recent showers, 

 but now in need of rain once more. Oats and barley are not grown 

 for grain, but made a fair growth for green feed and hay. Celerj' 

 has suffered from drought and is below normal; cabbage poor; 

 turnips only just started. 



Chicopee (E. L. Shaw). — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 Rowen is generally a small crop, though some fields are fair. Late 

 potatoes have blighted and the crop is small and of poor quality. 

 Apples and grapes are good and pears a fair crop. Pasturage is 

 in fair condition. Oats are a good crop; no barley grown ex- 

 cept for late gTeen feed. Celery is slow, other garden crops fair, 

 but not up to the usual at this time. 



Ludlow (Henry M. Bliss). — Corn is 95 per cent of a fulJ 

 crop. Rowen is about a two-thirds crop. Late potatoes will give 

 60 per cent of a normal yield. Tobacco is about 75 per cent of a 

 normal crop. Apples 50 per cent of the normal; pears 60; peaches 

 90; grapes 85; cranberries 40. Pasturage is much below the nor- 

 m.al in condition. Oats are a two-thirds crop. Celery is 70 per 

 cent of the normal and other late market-garden crops 85 per cent. 

 The severe drought tells the whole story. 



Hampden (John N. Isham). — Corn is one of our best crops, 

 but the ears are smaller than usual. The prospect for rowen is 

 very poor. Late potatoes suffered from drought and the indica- 

 tions point to blight. The prospect is good for all fruits; peaches 

 are a very full crop. Pasturage is improving since the rains and 

 regaining a green color. Oats made a good growth, but were mostly 

 cut to feed green or hayed. Market-garden crops are looking well, 

 though cabbage started slowly. 



Brim field (F. N. Lawrence). — Indian corn is a normal crop 

 and with two weeks more without frost will be matured in good 

 shape. Only a small amount of rowen will be cut. Late potatoes 

 are looking finely, but blight has struck some early planted fields. 

 Apples are about half a crop; pears full; peaches a three-fourths 

 crop. Pasturage is nearly all dried up and cows must be fed at 

 the barn if we are to get any milk. Oats and barley are three- 

 fourths crops. Celery and other late mai'ket-garden crops are not 

 grown here. 



