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have been stricken with blight ; yield small and prices low. The 

 prospect is good for all kinds of fruit. Pasturage is in good con- 

 dition. R3'e, oats and barley are about the usual crops. 



Westhampton (F. A. Bridgman). — Potato bugs, grasshoppers 

 and army worms are doing some damage. Indian corn looks fairly 

 well. The hay crop was about half an average crop owing to dry 

 weather. Fodder corn is the principal forage crop raised. Apples 

 are abundant ; scarcely any pears or peaches. Pastures are grow- 

 ing up to brush. Rye, oats and barley are about the same as in 

 former years. 



Chesterfield (Horatio Bisbee). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Corn is in good condition ; not more than one-fifth of 

 the crop will go into the silo. The hay crop is rather larger than 

 last year and of average quality. Corn, oats, Hungarian grass 

 and barley are raised to supplement the hay crop and all are look- 

 ing well. Early potatoes are a light crop. Apples are looking 

 well, other fruit a failure. Pasturage is in fine condition. Rye, 

 oats and barley are all cut for fodder. The past month has been 

 cloudy, with frequent showers, and all crops are now looking well. 



HAMPDEN COUNTY. 



Chester (P. M. Adzima). — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Corn never looked better and two-thirds of the crop will be 

 put into the silo. The hay crop was of good quality but was not 

 average in quantity. Corn is about the only forage crop raised. 

 Potatoes are looking well but very few have been harvested. The 

 prospect is good for all kinds of fruit. Pasturage was never in 

 better condition. Very little grain is raised in this vicinity. 



Blandford (E. W. Boise). — The potato beetle is the only 

 insect troubling our farmers. Corn is above the average in con- 

 dition ; three-fourths of the crop will be put in the silo or cured as 

 fodder. The hay crop is about three-fourths of an average in 

 quantity and the quality is good though much has been caught in 

 the rains. Corn, oats and peas, barley and Hungarian grass are 

 the principal forage crops raised. More attention is paid to for- 

 age crops than ever before. Potatoes show heavy tops and there 

 is little complaint of blight. Apple trees are heavily loaded with 

 extra fruit. All other fruits and berries are very plenty. Past- 

 ures are in only fair condition. Rye oats and barley are more 

 than average crops. 



IVest Springfield (N. T. Smith). — The black squash bug is 

 doing some damage at present. Corn is in fine condition but a 

 little backward ; perhaps 5 per cent will be put into the silo. The 



