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Erving (C. F. Clark). — Indian corn is an average crop. 

 Rowen promises to be a good crop. The prospect for late pota- 

 toes is fairly good, with neither blight nor rot as yet. Apples are 

 very scarce ; pears, grapes and cranberries good. Pasturage is 

 in good condition. Oats and barley are average crops. The in- 

 terest in poultry is not increasing, but the income derived from it 

 is about half that derived from the dairy. 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 



Ware (J. H. Fletcher). — Corn is looking very well at the 

 present time. The prospect for rowen is good, as compared with 

 a normal crop. The prospect for late potatoes is good, with no 

 blight or rot so far. The prospect for fruit is not very good, as 

 compared with other years. Pasturage is in fair condition. Oats 

 and barley are about average crops. Poultry keeping is about the 

 same as in former years, both as to the interest taken and the in- 

 come derived from it. 



Pelham (J, L. Brewer). — Indian corn has made a fine growth 

 and has a good color. Rowen promises a full normal crop. The 

 prospect for late potatoes is good, with neither blight nor rot. 

 There will be a light crop of all kinds of fruit. Pastures are in 

 fair condition. Oats were a light crop, because of the hot weather 

 in July. The interest taken in poultry is not increasing. More 

 money is invested in the dairy than in poultry, hence the income 

 derived from the dairy is greater ; but money invested in poultry 

 yields greater profits than that invested in the dairy. Fall tent 

 caterpillars are many and troublesome. 



Granhy (Geo. A. Blish). — Corn is looking well, and is as for- 

 ward as could be expected, considering the late planting. Rowen 

 promises to be more than an average crop. There will be a fair 

 crop of pears and peaches, but very little other fruit. Pasturage 

 is in very good condition. Oats were all cut for green feed, and 

 were about an average crop. Our farmers are not much interested 

 in poultry, and the income from that source would be a very small 

 per cent of that from the dairy. 



South Hadley (H. W. Gaylord) . — Indian corn is looking well 

 and bids fair to be more than an average crop, but is generally a 

 full week later than usual. The prospect for rowen is very poor, 

 as the fields burned after mowing, and no amount of rain later on 

 can repair the damage done. The potato crop is very discourag- 

 ing, as, while there are potatoes enough in the hill to give a fair 

 crop, they do not seem to grow as they should. Apples will be a 

 light crop ; peaches poor ; grapes good. Pastures are looking 



