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Market-garden crops are above the average in condition, but prices 

 hardly hold up ; j^otatoes look Avell, but ai"e suffering from drought. 

 All fruits will be short crops except plums and grapes which promise 

 above the average. Pasturage continues in good condition. 



Wendell (N. D. Plumb). — Indian corn is above the normal in condi- 

 tion ; about three-fourths of the crop will go into the silo The quantity" 

 of the hay crop was the largest ever known and the quality of the best. 

 Sowed corn is the only forage crop raised and promises a very large 

 crop. Potatoes look very promising and prices rule high. Ap])les two- 

 thirds of a croj) ; pears and peaches half crops. Pasturage is in good 

 condition. Rye and oats are far above the average of former years. 



Orange (Ansel Harrington). — Potato bugs are the only insects 

 doing any particular damage. Corn is in good condition and nearly all 

 of it will be put into the silo. Hay was 10 per cent above an average 

 crop, of good quality and gotten in excellent condition. Fodder corn is 

 the jjrincipal forage croj), with some oats, barley and millet and all are 

 in good condition. Market-garden crops ai-e in good condition, the yield 

 and price being about as in former years. There will be about an aver- 

 age crop of nearly all kinds of fruit. Pastures are in very good condi- 

 tion, but are getting a little dry. Rye, oats and barley are full average 

 crops. 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 



Greenwich (Wm. S. Douglas). — Indian corn is in good condition 

 and a very small part of it will go into the silo. The hay crop was large 

 and of good quality. Market-garden croj^s are in good condition, but 

 not quite as early as usual. The dry weather has affected all kinds of 

 fruit. Pastures are badly dried up. Rye, oats and barley are avei'age 

 crops. 



Enfield (D. O. Chickering). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Corn is in good condition and a very small proportion will go into the 

 silo. The hay crop is rather above the avei'age. Fodder corn is the 

 principal forage crop grown and is in good condition. There will be a 

 light croj) of fruit. The dry weather has injui-ed the pastures. Rye, 

 oats and barley promise well. 



Belcherlown (H. C. West). — Potato bugs are the worst insects, but 

 none are particularly bad. Indian corn is looking fairly well ; very little 

 goes into the silo. Hay Avas a full average crop with the quality far 

 above the average. Corn, oats, millet and barley are the forage croj^s 

 grown and all are looking well. Market-garden crops ai'e looking fairly 

 well, but potatoes are calling for rain. It is an off j^ear for fruit of all 

 kinds, perhaps there will be one-third of a crop of apples and less of 

 other fruits. Pasturage is in fair condition, but rain is needed Rye, 

 oats and barley are full average crojis. 



Amherst (Wm. P. Brooks). — Corn is in good condition though some- 

 what backward, and fully half the crop will go into the silo. Hay was 

 the largest crop and harvested in the best condition ever known. Less 

 than the normal amount of foi'age crops will be grown ; the principal 

 ones are oats and peas or vetches, millet and Hungarian grass. Potatoes 

 promise finely ; celery plants late and poor weather for setting. Apples 

 j^romise fairly ; pears, peaches and plums a fair ci'op ; grapes a large 

 crop. Pasturage is in fair condition, but is getting short. Rye is api)ar- 

 ently unusually good, but oats have rusted badly. 



Easthampton (Wm. C. Clapp). — Squash bugs, potato bugs and cab- 

 bage worms are doing some damage. Indian corn is somewhat back- 

 wai"d ; about the usual proportion will be put into the silo. The hay 

 crop was larger in quantity than usual and of fair quality. Oats are 

 the principal forage ci'op and are below the average in condition ; a few 

 liiecesof millet are sown. Market-garden crops have needed rain badly 

 and potatoes are backward. Aj)ples are scarce and other fruits are 



