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90 per cent of a full crop ; pears 50; peaches few; grapes good. Pas- 

 turage is short, but was helped by the rains of the 16th and 17th. Oats 

 are a three-fourths crop; barley not grown. Celery and other late 

 market-garden crops are in good condition. 



South Hadley (W. F. Person). — Corn is looking well, and will be 

 an average crop. There will not be any rowen this year to amount 

 to anything. Potatoes will be a light crop, with no blight or rot as 

 yet. The apple crop is light, and of poor quality. Pastures look 

 well, considering the drought. Oats are a small growth, but well 

 headed and yield well. Celery looks well, also other late market- 

 garden crops. Since the rain of the 16th everything looks brighter, 

 and grass has started up and looks well. 



Southampton (C. B. Lyman). — Indian corn is looking fairly well, 

 the recent rains having greatly improved it. There will be a very 

 small crop of rowen. Late potatoes have been much improved by 

 the rain; some blight, but no rot as yet. The acreage of tobacco is 

 decreased, but it is in good condition. Apples are a light crop ; peaches 

 good; pears and grapes plenty. Pasturage is very poor. Oats and 

 barley were mostly cut for hay. 



Westhampton (Levi Burt) . — Corn is very backward, and little of 

 the crop will ripen unless frosts hold off until late. Rowen will be half 

 a crop, the recent heavy rains having started it up. Late potatoes 

 are in excellent condition ; no blight or rot as yet. There will not be 

 over half a crop of apples; few pears, peaches and quinces. Pastur- 

 age is very short. Oats and barley are not raised. Market-garden 

 crops are grown only for home use. 



Williamsburg (F. C. Richards) . — Indian corn is a little late, but 

 is looking well, and promises a good crop. Rowen is about a failure, 

 except on moist land. A good yield of late potatoes is promised; 

 have noticed neither blight nor rot, but there seems to be a great deal 

 of damage by white grubs. The acreage of tobacco is about the same 

 as usual, and the crop is backward in growth. Apples are about 55 

 per cent of a full crop ; pears 30; peaches 80; grapes a full crop. The 

 recent drought affected pastures severely. Oats and barley are good 

 average crops. 



Middlefield (J. T. Bryan). — Corn is very backward, and will re- 

 quire a late season to ripen. There will be less than half a crop of 

 rowen, owing to dry weather. The crop of late potatoes will be a fair 

 one, though a few fields show blight. Fruits will be less than average 

 crops. Pastures have been very short, owing to drought, but recent 

 rains have improved them. Oats and barley were good crops, but all 

 have been cut for fodder. Celery and other late market-garden crops 

 are in good condition. 



