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about as usual. Haying not much under way as yet, but the 

 prospect is good. Acreage of early potatoes about the same as 

 usual. Price of dairy products low. Pasturage is in poor con- 

 dition, brush growing too fast to be kept down. Apples are not 

 very plenty, but other fruits and berries promise a good crop. 



Goshen (Alvan Barrus). — Corn came up badly and is thin and 

 late. Haying hardly begun, but a superior crop is promised. 

 There is a small acreage of early potatoes, but the crop promises 

 well. The quantity and price of dairy products are slightly below 

 the average. Pasturage is in A No. 1 condition. The outlook for 

 fruits and berries is not very promising. 



Chesterfield (Horatio Bisbee). — Corn looks poorly; acreage 

 about the same as in previous years. Haying has not begun to any 

 extent, but grass looks well. Potatoes are looking well and there 

 is no particular change in acreage. Quantity of dairy products 

 fully up and price low ; cows are getting scai'ce and are beginning 

 to cost more. Pasturage is in good condition. Wild berries 

 promise well. 



HAMPDEN COUNTY. 



Granville (Joseph Welch). — Cut worms are doing some dam- 

 age. Indian corn is looking badly, the crows and wet weather 

 having almost ruined it in some places. Haying has not yet be- 

 gun, but a good crop is promised. The price of butter is way 

 down and the price of cows up, $35 to $50 each. Pasturage is in 

 very good condition. Berries are late, but there will be a large 

 crop of both low and high bush blueberries and blackberries have 

 blossomed well. 



Westfield (C. F. Fowler) . — Corn has a poor stand and is back- 

 ward, owing to the wet and cold weather. Haying has just begun, 

 with a large crop. The acreage of early potatoes is rather below 

 the average ; a few pieces look remarkably well but the majority 

 are late. The yield of early market-garden crops is good, with a 

 tendency to over-production and low prices. The supply of dairy 

 products is fully up to the demand, but prices are low. Pasturage 

 is exceptionally good. Apples will be a fair crop, strawberries 

 plenty, cherries very scarce ; plums well set, but many trees are 

 being ruined by lice. 



West Springfield (T. A. Rogers). — Indian corn is about two 

 weeks late ; full acreage planted. A few pieces of hay have been 

 cut and the growth is heavy. There is about the usual acreage of 

 early potatoes and they are generally looking well. Market-garden 

 crops of all kinds abundant and prices low. Quantity of dairy 

 products fully up and prices down ; good cows are high when com- 



