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heavy, peaches scarce. Pasturage is in good condition. Oats 

 and barley show a heavy growth of stalk, but the yield of grain is 

 light. The interest in poultry raising is growing. Frequent rains 

 hinder haying and harvesting, and some hay and grain have 

 spoiled. 



Chicopee (R. W. Bemis). — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 Rowen is a better crop than usual. The prospect for late potatoes 

 is good ; no blight or rot as yet. Tobacco is a large crop and is 

 looking well. Apples, pears and grapes are a slim crop in this 

 vicinity. Pastures are in good condition. Oats and barley are 

 good crops, but the weather is bad to get them. The farmers in 

 this vicinity keep quite large flocks of iiens, which, with a little 

 care, are productive. 



Wilhraham (H. M. Bliss). — Indian corn promises a large crop. 

 Rowen is a large crop. Potatoes are not a full crop, and there is 

 some complaint of rot. Apples, 20 ; pears, 70 ; peaches, 90 ; 

 grapes, 85 ; and cranberries, 50. Pasturage is in first-class con- 

 dition. Oats and barley are full average crops. Poultry pays as 

 well as dairying. 



Monson (W. M. Tucker). — Corn is a good growth, but not 

 very well matured as yet, and has been badly blown down by wind 

 and rain. Rowen promises well where the first crop was cut in 

 season. All potatoes will be light and some are blighted. Apples 

 light, pears a fair crop, peaches and grapes look well. Pastures 

 look well, but there has been so much rain of late that feed seems 

 wild and sour. Oats are not as heavy a crop as last year, and 

 rusted somewhat. Poultry is not kept very extensively, few 

 farmers keeping over 100 fowls, and many not half that number. 

 The flow of milk has dropped very materially within the past 

 month, and new milch cows are being picked up close. 



Palmer (O. P. Allen). — Indian corn is in very good condition. 

 Rowen is fully up to an average crop. The conditions are favor- 

 able for potatoes, and there is but little complaint of rot. The 

 outlook for fruit is not as favorable as usual. Pasturage is in good 

 condition. Oats and barley are about average yields. 



Wales (C. F. Crawford). — Corn is looking very well. A few 

 fields which were cut early will yield a good crop of rowen. 

 Potatoes yield lightly and are rotting quite badly. Apples below 

 the average, no peaches, pears and grapes plenty. Pastures are 

 good for the time of year. Barley is a good crop, but oats all 

 appear to be very light. Poultry is of small importance ; the in- 

 come may be 15 per cent that derived from the dairy. Consider- 

 able grass is still standing. 



