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HAMPDEN COUNTY. 



Brimfield. — Few winter apples and they are poor. Acreage of 

 meadow land reseeded in the fall is increasing in this locality. 

 Potatoes are rotting badly. Amount of ensilage corn remains 

 about the same. Southern or Western white is preferred. Corn 

 is now being cut. Owing to the warm, dry weather of the past two 

 weeks all crops are maturing fast. 



S. W. Brown. 



Chester. — Small crop of winter apples and they are generally 

 poor. Acreage of meadow land reseeded in the fall not increasing 

 in this locality. There will be a small crop of potatoes. The 

 amount of corn grown for ensilage purposes increases every year. 

 Have had warm days and cold nights for the past two weeks and 

 not a drop of rain. Quite a frost here on the 29th. 



E. H. Alvord. 



Monson. — Very few winter apples and they are of poor quality. 

 Acreage of meadow land reseeded in the fall is increasing in this 

 locality. Late potatoes are a failure. The amount of corn 

 grown for ensilage purposes is increasing in this vicinity. The 

 great amount of wet, the potato rot and lack of fruit make it a 

 hard year for farmers in this locality. 



A. H. White. 



Tolland. — Winter apples few in quantity and poor in quality. 

 Early potatoes mostly rotted ; late ones few and very small. No 

 ensilage to speak of is grown in this section. The prospect for all 

 fall crops is very poor. The wet weather held on too long and 

 weeds have taken the place of crops. The weather has been very 

 fine for the last two weeks and it may help out corn. 



F. T. Moore. 



West Springfield. — Winter apples are few in quantity. Think 

 the acreage of meadow land reseeded in the fall is increasing in 

 this locality. Light crop of potatoes, on account of rot and scab. 

 Probably the amount of corn grown for ensilage purposes is not 

 increasing in this vicinity. Common field corn is preferred. 

 Heavy dews the last week in August. Corn is ripening rapidly, 

 and potatoes do not appear to be rotting now. 



J. N. Bagg. 



