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Hinsdale (Thos. F. Barker). — Corn is very late, and there will be 

 less than a normal crop. Rowen is less than half a crop. Late pota- 

 toes are a fair crop of small tubers; have noticed neither blight nor 

 rot. There will not be over half a crop of fruit. The late rain is help- 

 ing feed in pastures. Oats are a good crop; very little barley raised. 

 Celery is not raised; beets and carrots promise well. The drought 

 has hurt every crop to a great extent, and we can hardly tell as yet how 

 much value the rain will be to us. 



Hancock (B. H. Goodrich). — Corn is late, and it looks as if little 

 of it could mature unless frosts hold off until very late. The rowen 

 crop will be very much below normal. Late potatoes generally promise 

 well; some blight, but no rot. Apples are very uneven, early ones 

 small; pears good; grapes heavy crop. Pasturage is in poor condi- 

 tion. Notwithstanding the rust, oats are turning out well; barley 

 not grown. The hay crop was secured very late, and a little is still 

 unharvested. Rains have relieved the crops somewhat. 



Cheshire (L. J. Northup) . — Indian corn has made rapid growth of 

 late, but needs much more warm weather. There will not be much 

 if any rowen cut in this vicinity. The prospect for late potatoes 

 appears to be very satisfactory. Apples are not plenty; pears quite 

 plenty; some peaches; grapes look well. Pastures have dried up 

 beyond recovery for this year. Oats and barley are 75 per cent of a 

 normal yield. Celery is a little late, but other garden crops are about 

 normal. There is no blight on potatoes as yet, but some scab. 



Williamstown (S. A. Hickox) . — Corn has made good progress since 

 the rains, and shows a good stand, but is two weeks late. Late pota- 

 toes are doing finely. Rowen will be three-fourths of a normal crop. 

 Apples are three-fourths of a crop; pears 50; no peaches; grapes 50. 

 Pastures have improved since the rain. Oats and barley are a little 

 more than half crops. Celery and other late market-garden crops are 

 in fair condition. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



Charlemont (J. M. J. Legate). — Corn is not as forward as usual, 

 but has improved greatly in the past month, and promises a good crop 

 if we do not have an early frost. There will be practically no rowen 

 except on rich, new-seeded fields. Late potatoes show a good growth 

 of vines; few dug as yet; no blight or rot at present. Fruits of all 

 kinds promise rather light crops; wild blackberries improved by the 

 rain, but not average yield. Pasturage was very poor, but is improv- 

 ing since the rains. Oats short of stalk, but seem to be well headed; 

 barley grown only for late forage, and very little for that. Cabbage 

 is the only late market-garden crop grown, and looks well, though 

 backward. All crops are later than usual. 



Conway (L. T. Hopkins). — Indian corn is late, but good, and most 

 of it will ripen all right. There will be very little rowen, though the 

 recent rains will probably bring some late. The prospect for late 



