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potatoes is good, with very little blight. The acreage of tobacco 

 is about the same as in former years and there is an excellent crop. 

 There is about 75 per cent of the normal crop of apples ; 50 per 

 cent of pears ; no peaches or cranberries ; grapes good. Pastures 

 are in very good condition, and late rains have kept the feed good. 

 Oats are a very good crop ; little barley raised. There has been 

 no damage by wind, rain or drought thus far during the season. 

 Tobacco and onions, the leading crops, are unusually good. 



Southampton (C. B. Lyman). — Corn has made a good growth 

 of stalk and is fairly well eared out, and though a little late and 

 thin will come out all right. Rowen promises to be the largest 

 crop for several years. Acreage of tobacco about the same as 

 usual and condition never better. Apples and grapes will give 

 fair crops of good fruit; very few pears ; no peaches. The yield 

 of late potatoes promises to be good and there is little blight and 

 no rot. The frequent rains have kept the pastures in good con- 

 dition. Oats are cut for fodder and barley not much grown. 



Westhampton (H. A. Parsons). — Indian corn is in good con- 

 dition. There will be a full normal crop of rowen. Potatoes 

 promise to give an average yield. Apples will give about a three- 

 fourths crop ; no peaches ; pears half a crop. Pasturage is in 

 good condition. Oats and barley are not grown hereabouts. 



Williamsburg (F. C. Richards). — Corn has developed rapidly 

 the last three weeks and is now looking well. Rowen promises to 

 give a heavy yield. Late potatoes are looking well and there is 

 but little blight as yet. The acreage of tobacco is about the same 

 as usual, and it is above the average in condition. Apples, peaches 

 and grapes will give good crops of fine quality ; but few peaches. 

 Pasturage is holding out well. Oats are a good crop ; but little 

 barley raised. ^ 



Chesterfield (Horatio Bisbee). — Indian corn is backward but 

 shows a good growth. There will be a good crop of rowen. The 

 potato crop bids fair to be a good one ; have noticed neither blight 

 nor rot. Apples are looking well and are very forward in size and 

 color. There is plenty of feed in the pastures and stock is looking 

 well. All sowed grains have made good growth and are mostly 

 cut for fodder. We have had such frequent rains that the country 

 never looked better than at the present time. 



Worthington (C. K. Brewster). — Indian corn is looking fairly 

 well though rather backward. There will be more than a normal 

 crop of rowen. Late potatoes promise a good crop and no blight 

 or rot has yet appeared. There will be a good crop of apples and 

 pears ; but few grapes and cranberries raised. Pastures are in 

 very good condition. Oats and barley are about average crops. 



