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is below an average crop, but fall feed is doing well. Less than the usual 

 amount of fall seeding has been done, and it has started slowly, but is 

 looking well considering the dry weather. Few onions are raised 

 here; some fields good, others poor. Celery late, but looking well; 

 late root and garden crops looking well. Apples have dropped and 

 blown off badly; pears light; peaches full; grapes normal; no cran- 

 berries. There has been no damage from frost. 



East Longmeadow (John L. Davis) . — - Indian corn is an average 

 crop, but is late. Rowen and fall feed are not over three-fourths of 

 the average. Not much fall seeding has been done, but it is doing very 

 well. Potatoes are about 60 per cent of a normal yield, and of good 

 quality. The prospect for root crops, celery and other late market- 

 garden crops is very good. Apples are dropping; pears and peaches 

 plenty; grapes average. There was a light frost two or three weeks 

 ago, but no injury. 



Hampden (John N. Isham) . — Indian corn is a good crop, on the 

 whole. There is very little rowen, and fall feed is short. About the 

 usual amount of fall seeding has been done, and the condition is good. 

 The onion crop is good, but is ripening slowly. Potatoes average 

 about two-thirds of a full crop. Root crops are doing well. Apples 

 are less than half a crop; pears good; peaches and grapes very good. 

 No frost as yet. Silos are being filled, and the drought has injured 

 the corn crop the least of any. 



Palmer (O. P. Allen). — Indian corn is not up to the normal, the 

 earing not being as full as the stand. Rowen and fall feed are not up 

 to the usual average. Not as much fall seeding as usual has been 

 done, but the recent rains have brought it into fair condition. Onions 

 are not grown here. The yield of potatoes is not as heavy as usual, 

 but they are of good quality. Root crops are in fair condition; little 

 celery raised. Apples are a smaller crop than usual; pears, peaches 

 and grapes have done well. There has been very little injury from 

 frost. 



Holland (A. F. Blodgett). — Corn is fully up to the average, but 

 is late in ripening. There is scarcely any rowen in this town. Rather 

 more rye has been sown than usual, but it is held back on account of 

 dry weather. Onions are hardly an average crop. The potato crop is 

 much better than last year in all respects. The season has been too 

 dry for beets; carrots are doing fairly well. All fruits except apples 

 have been better than usual. There was a slight frost on September 

 18, doing little if any damage here. 



Brimfield (Orus E. Parker) . — There is about a three-fourths 

 crop of corn. Rowen and fall feed are not more than half crops. The 

 usual amount of fall seeding has been done, and it is looking fairly 

 well. Potatoes are of good quality, and a three-fourths yield. Apples 

 are very light; pears light; peaches good; grapes abundant. There 

 has been no injury from frost in this section as yet. 



