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Orange. — Crop of Indian corn not quite up to the average. 

 Root crops not quite up to an average in quantity and quality. 

 Do not think the season has been an average one for our farmers. 

 Number of deserted farms in this vicinity not as great as it was 

 ten years ago. The dry spell the fore part of the month gave 

 farmers a good chance to finish their harvesting, but the wet 

 weather since has delayed farm work. Fall feed holds out well 

 and farmers are feeding less hay than usual at this time of year. 



Ansel Harrington. 



Roive. — Corn very fine and more than an average crop. Root 

 crops up to an average in quantity and quality. I think this 

 season has been an average one for profit. Number of deserted 

 farms greater than it was ten years ago. In summing up the 

 results of the closing season, I think the farmers have every reason 

 to be satisfied and thankful. Our sugar crop was more than an 

 average in quantity and extra in quality ; hay heavy, and fair in 

 quality ; apples not heavy, but worth more than a large crop ; 

 rowen very fine ; feed excellent ; dairying good, and the soil in fine 

 condition for the comiug season. 



J. F. Brown. 



HAMPDEN COUNTY. 



Blandford. — Crop of Indian corn not an average one, as the 

 ears are short and not well filled out. Root crops good. Season 

 not a profitable one for our farmers. Failure of potato crop and 

 poor year for dairying, with low prices, cause all to complain. 

 Perhaps more deserted farms than ten years ago ; but they have 

 been purchased by neighbors, and, under the stimulus given from 

 the Union Agricultural Society, all are better cultivated and 

 generally better crops raised. Nearly all our farmers feel that 

 grass is the main crop, and are increasing the quantity of hay, 

 though now it is not as much as it was forty years ago. 



E. W. Boise. 



Brimfield. — Crop of Indian corn more than an average one. 

 Root crops are not up to an average in quantity and quality. 

 Season has not been a profitable one for our farmers, for the reason 

 that though we had large crops their value is so small. The num- 

 ber of deserted farms in this vicinity is greater than it was ten 

 years ago. Corn mostly husked ; yield No. 1 , quality never 

 better. All kinds of root crops poor ; not more than one-half 

 crops. 



S. W. Brown. 



