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not in good condition, and much will have to be re seeded. Very 

 little commercial fertilizer is used for fall seeding. Potatoes are 

 very nearly up to an average yield, and are of full average quality. 

 Root crops are very good, except English turnips. Apples are 

 half a crop. 



Amherst (Wm. P. Brooks). — Corn is generally much below an 

 average crop, on account of drought. Rowen is hardly half a crop, 

 and almost nothing on old fields. The average amount of fall 

 seeding has been done, and is in fair condition. Special fertilizers 

 for seeding down are used to a small extent. Onions are about an 

 average crop, but rather green. Potatoes are generally below aver- 

 age in yield, but are all sound and of good quality. Turnips and 

 carrots promise fairly, but beets are small, on account of drought. 

 Apples are fairly abundant and good. Tobacco is curing well. 



South Hadley (H. W. Gaylord). — Corn has eared light, and 

 will not be more than half a crop. There is no rowen to speak of, 

 and fall feed is about the same. Rather more than the average 

 amount of fall seeding Las been done, and looks fairly well. Fully 

 one-half the seeding is done with commercial fertilizers, from six 

 hundred to eight hundred pounds per acre. Potatoes are about a 

 three-fourths crop. Root crops will not be more than three-fourths 

 of an average. Apples are not more than forty per cent of an 

 average crop. 



Northampton (D. A. Horton). — Corn will not be over a two- 

 thirds crop. There is very little rowen, but fall feed is good. 

 The average amount of fall seeding has not been done, and early 

 seeding was a poor catch. Ashes, bone and muriate of potash are 

 used in fall seeding. Onions are small, because of the drought, 

 but the increased acreage more than makes up for this. Potatoes 

 are a full average crop. Root crops are very good, except English 

 turnips. Apples were so badly blown off by winds that the crop 

 will be light. 



Southampton (C. B. Lyman) . — Corn is about eighty-five per cent 

 of an average crop. The rowen crop is very light, but fall feed is 

 nearly up. The average amount of fall seeding has been done, 

 and the present condition is good. Seeding is mostly done after 

 corn or tobacco without extra fertilizer. Onions are uneven, some 

 pieces being extra and others failures. Potatoes are not up in 

 quantity, but are of good quality. Root crops look well. Apples 

 are a light crop. 



HAMPDEN COUNTY. 



Blandford (E. W. Boise). — Corn will be about ninety per cent 

 of an average crop. Rowen is not up to the usual average, and 



