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Quantity of dairy products about as usual ; price lower ; cows in 

 good condition as regards health. Pastures are in fine condition 

 since the frequent rains. No fruit or berries raised here for 

 market. 



HAMPDEN COUNTY. 



Granville (Joseph Welch) . — Cut worms and squash bugs are 

 doing some damage. Corn looks well ; acreage about the same as 

 last year. Haying has not commenced and there will not be more 

 than half a crop. Early potatoes are not raised here. Butter is 

 very low ; stock is healthy and looking well. Pastures are now 

 looking well, but have been very short. There has been quite a 

 crop of strawberries, and the prospect is that there will be a large 

 crop of high and low blueberries. 



Cliicopee (R. W. Bemis). — The canker worm is the only insect 

 now doing damage. Corn is looking well ; acreage about as last 

 year. Not many have commenced haying on account of wet 

 weather. Early potatoes look well and promise a good crop. 

 There has been an extra quantity of milk and butter on the mar- 

 ket and prices are low. Pasturage is in good condition. Straw- 

 berries have been plenty ; cherries a small crop ; apples dropping 

 badly, and pears a very small crop. 



Monson (A. H. White). — Cut worms are plenty and potato 

 bugs are too plenty. Indian corn is backward, with a large acre- 

 age. Very few have commenced haying ; crop looks fairly well 

 . on moist land. The acreage of early potatoes is less than usual 

 and they have not come up very well. Dairy products equal to the 

 average in quantity, but less in price ; cows looking quite well. 

 Pastures have improved since the rains. Strawberries have done 

 fairly well ; apples have dropped some but will be a fair crop. 



Holland (Wm. S. Wallis). — Squash bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Corn is looking fairly well though two weeks later than 

 usual ; some complaint of its not coming up well. No haying done 

 yet and a light crop expected. Potatoes are looking finely and 

 the bugs are not as plenty as usual. Dairy products fully average 

 in quantity and price ; stock looking well and no disease. Pas- 

 turage is in fair condition though it did not start as early as usual. 

 Fair prospect for an average crop of apples ; not many pears and 

 cherries. 



Russell (E. D. Parks). — Potato bugs are doing the most injury 

 of any insect. Indian corn is looking very good, with about the 

 usual acreage. Haying has just commenced, with better prospects, 

 so that the crop should be two-thirds of the normal. Good acreage 

 of early potatoes, just blossoming and looking finely. Dairy prod- 



