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seeding has been done as yet. Potatoes are three-fourths of a normal 

 crop and of good quality. Apples are about a three-fourths crop; 

 other fruits not grown for market. Frost on September 13 destroyed 

 all tender vegetation. 



Peru (F. G. Creamer),- — -There is a good crop of corn. Very 

 little rowen was cut this fall, and fall feed is not up to the usual 

 average. Very little seeding has been done, owing to dry weather. 

 Potatoes are about half a crop. There is half a normal crop of 

 apples. Last week's frost spoiled a great many late gardens, 



Cheshire (L. J. Northup). — The early frost was a set-back to a 

 full crop of Indian corn. Rowen and fall feed are not up to the 

 usual average. Not much, if any, fall seeding has been done in this 

 locality. The yield of potatoes is off 40 per cent from the normal, 

 but the quality is good. Root crops and other market-garden crops 

 are normal. ApjDles are half a crop; pears good; grapes fine. The 

 severe frost killed all tender crops. 



Williamstown (S. A. HiCKOx). — Some of the early varieties of 

 corn matured before the frost of the 13th, but the others, including 

 ensilage corn, were much injured. Rowen and fall feed are in poor 

 condition. Less than the usual amount of fall seeding has been 

 done and it is in poor condition. Potatoes are about 60 per cent of 

 a normal crop. The prospect is good for root crops, celery and 

 other late market-garden crops. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



Charlemont (J. M. J. Legate). — Indian corn is below the average 

 owing to drought and frost. Rowen and fall feed are below the 

 average, although feed has started since the rains. Less than the 

 usual amount of fall seeding has been done, grass seed being very 

 high in price. Onions are not over half a crop in the Connecticut 

 valley. Potatoes were injured by the frost, which will reduce the 

 yield and injure the quality. There is a very short crop of apples. 

 The mercury was down to 25 on the morning of the 13th, and killed 

 everything that was not frost proof; there had been very little corn 

 cut when it came. 



Buckland (Eugene D. Griswold). — Corn is about a normal 

 crop. There is very little rowen, owing to dry weather. Nearly the 

 usual amount of fall seeding has been done, and it is in very good 

 condition. Onions are little raised, and the yield is below the average. 

 Potatoes are from 50 to 75 per cent of a normal crop in yield, but 

 are of good quality. Late market-garden crops are little raised, but 

 are in normal condition. The fruit crop is below the normal, but of 

 good quality. Corn, millet, garden crops and a little tobacco were 

 killed by frost on the morning of September 14, 



Colrain (W. H, Davenport), — Corn is an especially good crop 



