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but is late and is not all cut. Rowen is late and not up to the normal; 

 fall seeding is looking well now. About the usual amount of fall seeding 

 has been done and is generally looking well. Onions are not up to 

 the normal, with some blight and some fields late in ripening. Potatoes 

 are about a normal crop of good quahty. Root crops, celery and other 

 late market-garden crops are generally looking well. Apples are 

 uneven; pears and peaches full crops; grapes normal. No frost as yet, 



Chicopee (E. L. Shaw). — Indian corn is about a normal crop. 

 Rowen and fall feed are short on old seeding and good on fertile fields. 

 What fall seeding has been done is coming along slowly and needs 

 rain. Early potatoes were a light crop; late ones a good yield of fair 

 quality. Root crops and late market-garden crops are generally doing 

 well now. Apples few; pears plenty; peaches few; grapes plenty. No 

 injury from frost as yet. 



Wilbraham (Henry M. Bliss). — Corn is 90 per cent of a full crop. 

 Rowen and fall feed are suffering from drought and are about 80 per 

 cent of the normal. The usual amount of fall seeding has been done 

 and is in fair condition. Onions are a three-fourths crop. Potatoes 

 are a little below the normal in yield and of good quality. Root crops 

 and late market-garden crops are doing well. Apples 50 per cent of a 

 normal crop; pears 25; peaches 90; grapes 85; cranberries 75. No 

 damage from frost. We are very dry, certainly drier than for 25 j^ears 

 and some say 50 years. 



Hampden (John N. Isham). — Corn is a full normal crop. The 

 rowen crop is short, but fall feed is in good condition. About the 

 usual amount of fall seeding has been done, but it is starting slowly 

 and unevenly. The onion crop is short and the onions of small size. 

 Potatoes were checked in growth by the drought. Root crops are 

 good, but hardly average. Apples, pears and peaches are fair; grapes 

 and cranberries short. No frosts to injure crops. Most crops are 

 prepared for frost, except ensilage corn, which is being rapidly put in 

 the silos. 



Palmer (0. P. Allen). — Indian corn compares very favorably with 

 the normal. Rowen and fall feed are not up to the usual average. 

 About the usual amount of fall seeding has been done, but will need 

 considerable rain to bring it up to the average. Potatoes are not 

 quite normal in yield, but are of good quality. The prospect for root 

 crops and late market-garden crops is very favorable. Fruit of all 

 kinds is better than was expected and of good quality. No damage 

 from frost to speak of. 



WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Brookfield (F. E. Prouty). — Indian corn is about an average crop. 

 Rowen and fall feed are not more than half the usual average. About 

 the usual amount of fall seeding has been done and is in good condition. 



