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Tolland. — Outlook for corn not good ; late planted looks badly. 

 Some rot in potatoes. The hay crop not one-half secured ; and, 

 though the crop is large, there has been no good weather in which 

 to cut it. The outlook for all crops is bad, the whole country 

 being flooded with water. Oats are rusting badly. There are 

 very few apples of any kind, and they are dropping off badly. 



F. T. Moore. 



Wilbraham. — Good outlook for corn. It has made rapid 

 growth, but low lands especially want more sunshine and warm 

 weather. Small fruits have been satisfactory in yield and price. 

 Potato vines promise more than the tubers. No rot yet. Hay 

 crop has met expectations in quantity and quality. About one- 

 fourth of the crop is still standing. Oats show a heavy growth of 

 straw, but have rusted badly. About half of the crop secured. 

 Rye all secured, and more than an average crop. A full crop of 

 early apples. 



F. E. Clark. 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 



Belchertown. — Outlook good for a corn crop. Small fruits 

 have been satisfactory in yield and price. Have not observed 

 any rot or scab in potatoes yet. Fully a third of the hay is still 

 standing; hut very little has been injured by wet weather. Fair 

 prospect for a crop of early market apples. All crops are looking 



remarkably well. 



H. C. West. 



Hadley. — Outlook fair for a corn crop. Small fruits have 

 been satisfactory in yield and price. Complaint of rot in pota- 

 toes is frequently heard. Haying is nearly finished, but farmers 

 having many acres find themselves caught by the present rains 

 with large quantities of hay out. The hay crop has met expecta- 

 tions in quantity but not in quality. Onions are blasting badly. 

 Early apples are very plenty and cheap, but late apples promise 

 poorly in quantity and quality. Six days of rainy weather 



make a gloomy outlook for crops. 



II . C. Russell. 



Middlefield. — Corn is just tasselling, and is of good growth. 

 Small fruits very scanty in yield ; prices satisfactory. Much 

 scab in potatoes, and a little rot. They are blasting, and many 

 fields are nearly black, with leaves all gone. Much of the hay 

 crop is still uncut. Many farmers have just finished, and in 



