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but little used for ensilage. Hay was a fair crop of excellent 

 quality. Sweet corn, oats and barley are the principal forage 

 crops and are looking nicely ; late millet did not get a good catch. 

 Potatoes have not yet been harvested. Apples, pears, plums and 

 cranberries promise well ; peaches a minus quantity. Pasturage 

 is in excellent condition for the time of year. Most crops look 

 finel}', although some that were planted on wet land are uneven. 



Belchertoivn (H. C. West). — Potato bugs are our most trouble- 

 some insect, but none are especially bad. Corn is growing fast 

 now and bids fair to give a full average crop ; perhaps one-fifth of 

 it goes into the silo, not more. Corn, oats, millet and barley are 

 the principal forage crops grown. Market-garden crops are some- 

 what late, but are coming on well now. Apples good, pears fair, 

 no peaches, plums good, very few quinces, lots of grapes. Pas- 

 turage is in fair condition. Rye is above an average crop ; oats 

 and barley not yet harvested but promise full crops. 



Hadley (H. C. Russell). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Indian corn is below the average in condition. Hay is about an 

 average crop of good quality. Millet, Hungarian grass and corn 

 are the principal forage crops raised. Garden crops are good 

 with fair prices. There will be a heavy yield of pears ; apples 

 few ; peaches none. Pastures are in good condition. Rye, oats 

 and barley are average crops. Tobacco has made a good growth 

 in the last three weeks and conditions are favorable for an excel- 

 lent crop. Onions are doing well and the crop bids fair to be 

 better than predictions earlier in the season. 



Hatfield (Thaddeus Graves). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. There is fine promise of a good crop of corn ; no silos 

 in town. Hay is about five per cent above an average crop, of 

 good quality. Forage crops are not raised, as there is little dairy, 

 ing here, tobacco being our principal crop. Potatoes promise a 

 fine yield, although none have been dug for market. There will 

 be small yields of most fruits. Pastures are getting a little dry. 

 Rye, oats and barley are about average crops. 



Easthampton (Wm. E. Clapp). — Indian corn is very backward, 

 but is of good color. The hay crop is above the average in quan- 

 tity and of good quality. Millet is the principal forage crop 

 grown and looks well. Market-garden crops are backward, espe- 

 cially potatoes. The prospect for apples, plums and grapes is 

 very good. Pasturage is in excellent condition. Rye is less than 

 an average crop, but oats look well. 



Goshen (Alvan Baruus). — Potato bugs are doing some damage, 

 but are less troublesome than usual. Indian corn is late and four- 

 fifths of the crop will probably go into the silo or be fed green. 



