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HAMPDEN COUNTY. 



Tolland (F. T. Moore). — Grasshoppers are doing the most 

 damage. Pastures are badly dried up, aud the rains came too 

 late to help the rowen crop. A light crop of huckleberries is 

 about all the fruit in this section. The storm of last week blew 

 off what few apples there were. Potatoes are a very light crop ; 

 no rot yet. Corn will be much below an average crop. Barley 

 and oats are not as good crops as last year. The tobacco crop is 

 very light and of poor quality. 



Agawam (R. De Witt). — Very few insects this year. Pastur- 

 age in very poor condition. There are few apples, pears and 

 peaches ; the big storms injured the apples and pears. Potatoes 

 are below an average crop. Many pieces of corn must have been 

 hurt by the drought. Oats are a splendid crop. Many pieces of 

 tobacco were injured by the drought. 



Chicopee (R. W. Bemis). — The fall web worm is doing the 

 most damage. Pastures have been quite dry, except on low 

 ground. The yield of early fruit was fair, but late fruits have 

 fallen badly. Early potatoes are a fair crop. Market-garden 

 crops have suffered from dry weather, but on the whole have been 

 fair crops. Corn is not quite up to the average, owing to drought. 

 Barley and oats are not quite so good crops as last year. 



Ludlow (Chas. B. Bennett) . — Late web worms are very plenty. 

 Pastures are all dried up, and there will be but little rowen. The 

 dry weather injured the early fruit crops, and nearly destroyed the 

 late. Early potatoes are a fair crop, but late ones are almost a 

 failure. Corn is improving, but will not be heavy. Oats are a 

 very good crop. Little tobacco is raised, but what there is looks 

 very well. 



Hampden (John N. Isham). — Grasshoppers are doing the most 

 damage. Pastures are short, and there is very little rowen. Early 

 and fall apples are a good crop, winter apples small crop, grapes 

 and peaches good, and pears and plums light. Potatoes will be a 

 short crop Cabbage and onions are doing well on moist land ; 

 turnips are a poor crop. Corn will be a small crop, because of 

 failure to ear properly. Oats were an average crop. Few fields 

 of tobacco are up to the average. 



WORCESTER COUNTY. 



North Brookfield (J. H. Lane). — The cabbage worm is doing 



the most damage. Pastures are very short, and rowen not more 



than one-tenth of a crop. Early apples are about half a crop, late 



ones one-fourth, with pears about one-half. Potatoes are about 



