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New Salem (Daniel Ballard). — Indian corn ^^romises a fair aver- 

 age crop. .Ilowen will be a little less than a normal yield. The pros- 

 pect for potatoes is good, and I have noticed neither blight nor rot. 

 There will be fair crops of apples and pears, and some peaches and 

 grapes. Pastures are rather short and dry. Oats and barley compare 

 favorably with the normal, and there are some heavy yields of oats. 

 Garden crops are looking well where grown for home use; not much 

 grown for the market. 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 



Ware (J. H. Fletcher). — Corn is looking well, but is a little late. 

 The prospect for rowen is not as good as some years. Potatoes are 

 looking very well, and I have noticed neither blight nor rot. The pros- 

 pect for apples is not very good, and there will not be many peaches. 

 The pasturage is in good condition. Oats and barley are about average 

 crops. Late market-garden crops are looking well at present. 



Enfield (D. 0. Chickering). — Indian corn is looking unusually 

 well, but will be late in maturing. The prospect is good for a normal 

 crop of rowen. The crop of late potatoes will be light; neither blight 

 nor rot has appeared as yet. There will be a moderate crop of fruit. 

 Pasturage is about in the usual condition for the time of year. Oats 

 and barley are average yields. Garden crops are not grown for 

 market. 



Pelham (John Knight). — Corn is looking well, Rowen is not up 

 to the average. Late potatoes promise an average yield. There will 

 be a fair crop of ajoples and a good crop of peaches. Pasturage is in 

 poor condition. Oats are a good crop ; barley not much grown. Late 

 garden crops are in good condition. The dry weather injured our 

 pastures and the rowen crop. 



Hadley (H. C. Russell). — • Late rains have changed the condition 

 of all crops from the July condition. Indian corn promises a good 

 crop. There will be a fair crop of rowen. Blight has attacked most of 

 the potato fields. Tobacco has improved greatly in the last three 

 weeks, and the crop will be fully up to the average of the last five years. 

 There will be a fair crop of apples. Pastures are improving over July 

 conditions. 



Hatfield (Thaddeus Graves). — Indian corn promises a normal 

 crop. Since the late rains rowen promises well. Late potatoes prom- 

 ise a three-fourths crop; no blight or rot as yet. There is the usual 

 acreage of tobacco, and it is much improved since the rains. There 

 will be half a crop of most kinds of fruit. Pasturage is in fairly good 

 condition. Oats and barley are little raised. Celery and other late 

 market-garden crops are backward. 



Easthampton (Wm. C. Clapp). — Corn is improving every day, and 

 if there are no early frosts will be a good crop. There will be some 



