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toes is very good ; have noticed neitlier blight nor rot. The tobacco 

 crop is the best for three years. There will be excellent yields of 

 all fruits. Pastures are in good condition. Oats and barley are 

 about average crops as compared with former years. 



Erving (Chas. F. Clark). — Corn is in good condition. There 

 will be a good crop of rowen. Late potatoes promise a good crop, 

 but there is some rot. There is scarcely any tobacco raised here. 

 There will be an average yield of all fruits except peaches ; cran- 

 berries little raised. Pasturage is in good condition. Oats and 

 barley are about average crops as compared with former years. 



New Salem (Daniel Ballard). — Indian corn is making a fine 

 growth but is backward. I think the rowen crop will be above the 

 normal. Late potatoes are looking finely, with but little blight or 

 rot. There will be a good crop of apples on high ground ; grapes 

 and pears plenty. Pasturage is in quite good condition. Oats 

 and barley are fully up to the normal in yield. 



North Orange (A. C. White) . — A large part of the corn raised 

 in this section is used for ensilage ; prospect for the crop normal. 

 Rowen will be more than a normal crop. There is a fair yield of 

 potatoes of good quality with no blight or rot. Apples, pears and 

 plums will give good yields. Oats and barley are about average 

 crops. 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 



Ware (J. H. Fletcher). — Indian corn did not germinate well, 

 but looks well now. The prospect is that rowen will be a normal 

 crop. The prospect for late potatoes is good and I have noticed 

 neither blight nor rot. There will be a good crop of all kinds of 

 fruit. Pasturage is in fair condition. There will be a normal 

 crop of oats and barley, compared with former years. 



Greenwich (Wm. S. Douglas). — Corn is rather backward. 

 There will be a good crop of rowen. Late potatoes promise well 

 and there is neither blight nor rot. There will be a good crop of 

 all kinds of fruit. Pasturage is getting dry. Oats and barley are 

 fair crops as compared with former years. 



Enfield (D. O. Chickering). — Indian corn is in fair condition 

 but is somewhat late. There is good promise of more than a nor- 

 mal crop of rowen. The prospect for late potatoes is very good, 

 with no blight or rot as yet. There will be a heavy crop of apples 

 of all kinds except Baldwins ; pears and grapes good ; no peaches. 

 Pasturage is in fine condition for the time of year. Oats and bar- 

 ley are about average crops so far as noted. 



Northampton (H. C. Comins). — Indian corn is in excellent 

 condition. The rowen crop is looking finely. The outlook for 



