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HAMPDEN COUNTY. 



Blandford (E. W. Boise). — Root crops are average, owing to 

 the open fall. Farm stock is below average, owing to dry weather 

 and worry from the horn fly. Fall seeding is in good condition. 

 Grass has been our most profitable crop and potatoes our least 

 profitable one. Dairy products also are not up to the average. 

 The season has been a profitable one for hill fanners. 



Tolland (F. T. Moore). — Roots are about a throe-fourths crop. 

 Farm stock is not in as good flesh as usual. Corn meal and bran 

 are about the only feeds used for dairy stock. Hay was a fair 

 crop and corn a very poor one, as it did not ripen and fill out well. 

 The season has not been up to the average. Help is very scarce 

 and poor. 



West Springfield (N. T. Smith). — Root crops are not average 

 on the whole, though some pieces are fine. Farm stock is in good 

 condition. "Wheat bran, middlings, rye feed, gluten meal, cotton- 

 seed meal, and linseed meal are fed in large quantities to dairy 

 stock. Fall seeding is below the average in condition. The first 

 crop of grass was our most profitable crop and rowen our least 

 profitable one. Late cabbage is a poor crop. The supply of milk 

 is better than the price. The season has been fairly profitable, all 

 things considered. 



Chicopee (R. W. Bemis). — Root crops are average. Farm 

 stock is in fair coudition. Fall seeding is late and much foul seed 

 was mixed with the grass seed. Corn and potatoes have been 

 our most profitable crops. Most of our farmers are engaged in 

 market gardening and dairy farming and the season has been a 

 profitable one. 



Wilbraham (TI. M. Bliss). — Root crops are a full average. 

 Farm stock is in good condition. Concentrated commercial feed 

 stuffs are not used for dairy stock to an}' great extent. Fall seed- 

 ing is in fair condition. Hay and vegetables have been our most 

 profitable crops and com our least profitable one. Considered as 

 a whole the season has been a profitable one. 



Monson (A. H. White) . — Root crops are about two-thirds of an 

 average. Farm stock is looking fairly well, considering the drought. 

 Cotton-seed meal, linseed and gluten are used in small quantities 

 as feed for dairy stock. Fall seeding is looking fairly well. 

 Potatoes have been our most profitable crop. The season has 

 been a fair average with others. 



