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Indian corn is in about a normal eondition; 40 per cent gi-own 

 for the silo. The hay crop is SO per cent of a normal, and of 

 good quality. Apple crop prospect is very poor on account of 

 frosts. Condition of pasturage, 90, — .good early, dry now. Forage 

 crop condition normal; rye, oats, corn and wheat are grown. 



Hawley (C. F. Sears). — Condition of Indian corn, 60; 90 per 

 cent of the crop grown for ensilage. Hay crop is 60 per cent 

 cf normal, and of 100 per cent qualitj^ Condition of j^otatoes, 

 75. Market-garden crops already harvested have yielded 60. Con- 

 dition of pasturage, 60. Oats and barley are raised for forage; 

 the latter has been lately sown. Three acres of apple orchards set. 



Ash field (Albert Howes). — Potato bugs are doing the most 

 damage; grasshoppers are beginning to appear in dry pastures. 

 Condition of corn, 80; 75 per cent grown for ensilage. Hay 

 crop is 90, and of 110 per cent quality. Condition of potatoes, 95. 

 Fruit prospect : apples, 50 ; pears, 90 ; peaches, 95 ; plums, 40 ; 

 grapes, 100. Pastures are in 75 per cent condition. Forage crop 

 condition: fodder corn, 75; millet, 75; oats, 90. A great many 

 apple trees have been set by different farmers. Everything is dry, 

 and rain is badly needed. Live stock, however, is looking unusually 

 well. 



Montague (A. M. Lymak). — The most troublesome insect pests 

 are elm-leaf beetles. Indian corn condition, SO; 50 per cent of the 

 ei'op grown for ensilage. Hay crop yield, 75; its quality is 100, 

 Condition of potatoes and other market-garden crops, 75; those 

 already harvested have been 90 per cent crops in both yield and 

 price. Fruit prospect: apples, 60; pears, 50; peaches, 25; plums, 

 40; quinces, 10; grapes, 25. Condition of pasturage, 50. Forage 

 crop condition: rye, 100; oats and barley, each 90; Japanese millet 

 is also grown. Kye as a gi'ain crop is in normal condition. Five 

 acres of apple orchards planted in 1912 and the same number in 

 1913. Late frosts in May and June destroyed fruit to the extent 

 of 50 per cent of the crop, and the drought has shortened all crops 

 very much.- 



New Salem (Da^tiel Ballard). — Potato bugs are doing the most 

 damage. Condition of corn, not over 75; perhaps 20 -pev cent 

 of the crop is grown for the silo. Hay crop yield is about 80; its 

 quality, 100. Condition of potatoes, not over 75. Fruit prospect: 

 apples, 60; pears, SO. Condition of pasturage, 50. Forage crop 

 eondition : corn, 75 ; oats, 50 ; millet, 60. Possibly 2 acres of apple 

 orchards set. The drought is becoming very serious. 



Hampshire County. 

 Plainfield (C. A. Willl'Vms). — Potato bugs and squash bugs are 

 doing the most damage. Indian com is in 90 per cent condition, 

 and about 50 per cent of the crojD is grown for ensilage. Hay 



