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crops are not much raised. Apples are not a full crop, but are better 

 than in some sections; other fruits not much raised. With a large crop 

 of hay and rovven and a good growth of corn fodder farmers have a 

 large amount of winter feed. 



Middlefield (J. T. Bryan). — Indian corn is fully an average crop. 

 Rowen and fall feed are up to the usual average. The usual amount of 

 fall seeding has been done and it is in good condition. Onions are but 

 little raised but are a good crop. Potatoes are of good quality but there 

 is much complaint of rot. The prospect is good for root crops, celer}' 

 and other late market-garden crops. Apples are not abundant, but 

 small fruits have yielded well. 



HAMPDEN COUNTY. 



Chester (P. M. Adzima). — Indian corn is not more than an average 

 croji. Rowen and fall feed are up to the usual average. About the 

 usual amount of fall seeding has been done and the outlook is very 

 good. Potatoes are an average crop in yield and quality. The prospect 

 is good for root crops, celer}- and other late market-garden crops. 

 There is a very good crop of all kinds of fruit. 



Blandford (E. VV. Boise). — Indian corn is 10 per cent above an aver- 

 age crop. Rowen and fall feed are very heavy, fully 25 per cent above 

 the average. Very little fall seeding has been done and its condition is 

 only fair. Potatoes ai'e less than an average croj). Garden crops good, 

 Swedes exti'a good crop, English turnips rank growth of tops but light 

 roots, next month if favorable may give a fair crop. Apples are nearly 

 an average crop as are also pears. 



Tolland (E. M. Moore). — Indian corn, though a little late, has eared 

 well and is a full average crop. Rowen and fall feed are above the 

 usual average. Considerable fall seeding has been done and is looking 

 well though it needs rain to give it a better start. Potatoes are a good 

 avei'age crop though some complain of rot. The prospect is favorable' 

 for a good root crop. Apples, peaches and plums are almost a failure; 

 pears and cranberries have turned out fairly well. 



Southvnck (L. A. Fowler). — Indian corn is a good crop. Rowen and 

 fall feed are quite up to the usual average. The usual amount of fall 

 seeding has been done and it is in good condition. Onions are a good 

 crop. In a few localities the yield of potatoes is good, but as a rule the 

 crop is not up to the average. The prospect is good for root crops, 

 celery and other late market-garden crops. Apples are half a crop ; 

 pears, jjeaches, grapes and plums full crops. 



West Springfield (T. A. Rogers). — Indian corn is about an average 

 crop, though perhaps a little under. Rowen is above an average crop 

 and fall feed is in good condition. The usual amount of fall seeding 

 has been, or will be, done ; most of it has been done so recently that it 

 does not show up particularly as yet. Some fields of onions are extra 

 and others are small from blight. Potatoes are not up to the average 

 in either yield or quality. Some pieces of root crops are extra, others 

 very poor ; some fields of celery ruined by the recent hot week ; pole 

 beans are not doing -well. All kinds of fruit show far less than aver- 

 age crops. 



Agawam (R. DeWitt). — Indian corn is a fair crop but a little below 

 the average. Rowen and fall feed are in better condition than usual. 

 Not much fall seeding has been done as yet, it is usually done after 

 potatoes and tobacco and they have been slow in maturing. Potatoes 

 are rather below the usual average. Apples and pears are a small crop 

 and grapes are a fair crop. 



Hampden (J. N. Isham). — Indian corn is better than an average crop 

 and there are no poor fields. Rowen is extra heavy and fall feed is 



