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HAMPDEN COUNTY. 



Chester (C. Z. Inzell). — Indian corn \% late and backward. 

 There will be a good crop of rowen. Potatoes promise a good 

 crop ; have noticed neither blight nor rot. Apples will give a good 

 crop, as will also other fruits so far as grown. Pastures are in 

 good condition. Oats and barley are about average crops, as com- 

 pared with former years. 



Tolland (Eugene M. Moore). — Corn is about ten days late. 

 The prospect for rowen is better than usual, as we have had plenty 

 of rain. There is some blight on potatoes and they have also 

 commenced to rot. Apples, grapes and cranberries are abundant. 

 Feed in pastures is about up to the average. Oats and barley are 

 about normal crops. 



Westfield (C. F. Fowler). — Corn has made heavy growth, but 

 is rather late and an early frost would be disastrous. The pros- 

 pect for rowen is fairly good. Potatoes run heavily to vines and 

 the yield is above the average, with but little blight and no rot 

 at present. The acreage of tobacco is ten per cent or more less 

 than last year, but its condition the best for years. Apples are a 

 full crop ; pears light ; no peaches ; grapes good. Pasturage is hold- 

 ing out well and cattle are in good condition. Oats were a heavy 

 crop. Hail damaged quite a section of the tobacco acreage, cut- 

 ting a well defined strip several miles wide through a part of South- 

 wick, Sutfield, Ct., Agawam and Westfield, entailing heavy loss 

 to the growers that were hit. 



Agawam (J. G. Burt). — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 There will be a good crop of rowen. The prospect for the potato 

 crop is good and there is no blight or rot as yet. Tobacco is about 

 normal in both acreage and condition. There is a good prospect 

 for all kinds of fruit. Pasturage is in good condition. Oats and 

 barley are better crops than those of former years. 



West Springfield (N. T. Smith). — Corn gives promise of an 

 average crop if the season is long enough to ripen it. Rowen will 

 give a good crop on early mown fields. Potatoes give a good 

 yield of fine quality ; some blight but no rot. Tobacco has made 

 a fine growth and promises a crop of good quality. Apples are a 

 smaller crop than last year ; some pears ; no peaches ; grapes good. 

 Pasturage is above normal in condition for the time of year. Oats 

 and barley show a good growth of straw, but are raised for hay 

 and much of it was injured by unfavorable weather. Timely rains 

 have kept all vegetables in fine growing condition. Chestnut 

 trees were never as heavily loaded with burrs as this year. 



Ghicopee (R. W. Bemis). — Indian corn is in good condition. 



