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Ludlow (C. B. Bennett). — Corn fodder looks well, but the 

 ears are not filling out very well. Rowen will not be half a crop. 

 Late potatoes are just commencing to blight. There are very few 

 apples and pears, and no grapes, peaches or cranberries. Past- 

 ures are very dry. Considerable attention is paid to poultry, and 

 the income derived from it is about one-fourth that from the dairy. 



Wilbraham (H. M. Bliss). — Indian corn is very nearly a full 

 crop. Rowen is about two-thirds of an average crop. Late pota- 

 toes promise a three-fourths crop ; some blight but little rot. All 

 kinds of fruits promise about half crops. Pasturage is in fair 

 condition. Oats and barley are nearly up to full normal crops. 

 Considerable attention is paid to poultry, and it is fully as profit- 

 able as the dairy. 



East Longmeadow (J. L. Davis) . — Indian corn promises a good 

 crop if the drought is broken soon. Rowen will be an average 

 crop. Late potatoes promise a fair yield, though there is a great 

 deal of blight. Apples, pears and peaches are light crops ; grapes 

 plenty. Pasturage is very dry and short. Oats are three-fourths 

 of a full crop. Few farmers keep over fifty hens, relying on the 

 dairy for their principal revenue. 



Monson (W. M. Tucker). — Corn is about an average crop, 

 having improved much the last few weeks. Rowen will be a very 

 fair crop where the first crop was cut early, but is on the whole 

 below the average. Late potatoes are a good crop, though most 

 fields are struck with blight ; very little rot as yet. Light crop of 

 apples ; few pears ; no peaches ; grapes and cranberries plenty. 

 Feed is short in pastures and the milk supply suffers, but young 

 cattle look well. Oats and barley were not up to the average as 

 to grain, and the straw was very light. A few do quite a business 

 with poultry, and report quite satisfactory returns ; should think 

 the proportion of income would be as low as one for poultry prod- 

 ucts to six for the dairy. 



Holland (Francis Wight) . — Indian corn is doing well although 

 the ground is getting very dry. The dry weather is pinching the 

 rowen crop. The prospect is good for late potatoes, and neither 

 blight nor rot have appeared. The prospect is very poor for all 

 kinds of fruit except cranberries. Feed in pastures is getting dry 

 and poor. Oats and barley are about average crops. Farmers 

 have struck into the poultry business more this year than common, 

 and the income derived from it is about two-fifths that from the 

 dairy. 



