and cheap. Farmers are not as interested as they should be in 

 agricultural fairs. There were very few exhibits from this town 

 at the county fair last week. A large quantity of rowen has been 

 damaged by bad weather. Apples are being gathered, and there 

 is a very light crop of inferior fruit. 



Peter Holt, Jr. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



Charlemont. — The cultivation of peaches is very much neglected 

 in this vicinity. More interest in growing them might make them 

 a success. The quantity of dairy products has been increased 

 and the price reduced by the peculiarities of the season. Farmers 

 in this vicinity are generally interested in agricultural fairs. 

 Some pieces of late potatoes have recently been harvested in fine 

 condition, quite free from rot and scab, and producing a good 

 crop. Quinces are rotting badly on the bushes. Pasture feed is 

 excellent. Frost on one or two mornings, with some cool weather. 



H. S. Giles. 



DeerfieJd. — There are not enough peaches grown in this vicinity 

 to establish a price, and the outlook is not good for success in the 

 future cultivation of this fruit. Quantity of dairy products about 

 the same ; quality and price lower than usual. Farmers in this 

 vicinity are generally interested in agricultural fairs. Corn is 

 good and early. Rowen is a fair growth, and the early has been 

 secured in good shape. Late potatoes, not a full crop and but 

 very little rot. Onions, small crop and not keeping very well. 

 Apples, a very small crop and quality not first rate. Tobacco has 

 cured well and appears to be of good quality. 



Charles Jones. 



Leverett. — Peaches will not grow here, and there is no prospect 

 of success in the future cultivation of this fruit. Dairy products 

 quite uniform in quantity and price. Most of us send cream to 

 the Amherst creamery. Farmers in this vicinity are not generally 

 interested in agricultural fairs. No onions raised here. One nat- 

 ural cranberry bog will yield about forty barrels. No apples to 

 sell. 



W. L. BOUTWELL. 



Northfield. — Poor outlook for success in the future cultivation 

 of the peach in this vicinity. Dairy products, full average in 

 quality and quantity ; but the price for butter not equal to some 



