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owing to recent rains fall feed is fully ui> to the average. About 

 the usual amount of fall seeding has been done, but it is later than 

 usual. But few onions have been raised, and they are not ujd to 

 the normal. The prospect is very fair for root crops, celery and 

 late market-garden crops. The apple crop is generally light, but 

 pears are a good crop. Potatoes are about half a crop, being small 

 and few in the hill. There was a severe frost on September 14. 

 Tobacco was mostly cut before the frost, but one grower lost iy2 

 acres. 



Chesterfield (Horatio Bisbee). — Indian corn is a good crop, al- 

 though the fodder is frostbitten. RoAven is not up to the usual 

 average, but fall feed is fairly good. "Very little fall seeding has 

 been done. Potatoes are a light yield, but the size and quality are 

 good. Apples are rather a light crop, but i)ears are very good. The 

 frost injured all crops on September 14. 



Plainfield (C, A. WiLLiAiis). — Indian corn was fully an average 

 crop until the fi'eeze. Rowen and fall feed are not nearly up to 

 the average. There has not been as much fall seeding done as usual, 

 but it is looking well. Not many onions are raised, but Avhat few 

 there are have done well. Potatoes are a light yield, but the quality 

 is good. Root crops are fair, and other garden crops are good. 

 Ai^ples are an average crop, but other fruits are light. On Septem- 

 ber 13 a hard frost did hundreds of dollars worth of damage to 

 corn and other crops, very little corn having previously been cut. 



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Bland ford (Enos W. Boise). ^ — -Indian corn is proving a full 

 crop. Rowen is a poor crop, and fall feed is fair, but not up to 

 the normal. A small amount of fall seeding has been done, and is 

 looking well. Potatoes show a good yield of extra quality. Root 

 crops and late market-garden crops promise to be about average. 

 Apples are half a crop ; pears, peaches and grapes are full crops ; 

 cranberries a three-fourths crop. Frosts September 13 and 14 killed 

 vines, and on the hills did some damage, but were not general. 



West Springfield (T. A. Rogers). — Corn is fully up to the nor- 

 mal. Rowen is less than a normal crop, but fall feed is good. About 

 the usual amount of fall seeding has been done, and it is looking well. 

 Onions are perhaps 60 per cent of a normal crop. Potatoes are of 

 good quality and perhaps about half a normal ci'op. Celery is late, 

 but is looking well; other market-garden croj^s normal. Apples 

 dropped badly; jDeaehes good; grapes normal. A hard frost the 

 morning of the 13th hurt all crops. 



Agawam (J. G. Burt). — Corn is a good crop, above the normal. 

 There is no rowen, but fall feed looks well. More fall seeding than 

 usual has been done, and it is looking well. Onions are about a 



