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apple crop has not turned out well, as many were shaken off by the 

 gale and will not keep well. Pears, plums, peaches and grapes 

 did well. 



Blandford (E. W. Boise). — Indian corn is a full average crop. 

 Fall feed is short and there is no rowen to cut. Potatoes are about 

 60 per cent of an average yield, of medium quality. The pros- 

 pect for root crops, celery and other late market-garden crops is 

 poor ; turnips are small and woody. About 30 per cent of the 

 apples were shaken from the trees by the gale, but those left will 

 probably be of more value than the entire crop would have been 

 had it ripened. Pears, peaches, plums and grapes were full aver- 

 age crops. The drought has been very severe ; much stock is fed 

 at the barn and many mowings have received permanent injury. 



Granville (Joseph Welch) . — Corn is a fine crop this year. 

 There is no fall feed and but very little rowen. There has been 

 very little fall seeding done as the ground has been too dry. Pota- 

 toes are about a one-third crop. The apple crop has turned out 

 very heavy; not much is done with the windfalls. Small fruits 

 turned out very well. 



Westfield (C. F. Fowler). — Indian corn is a full average crop 

 as to ears, but the stover is light. Rowen is a very light crop, but 

 the late rains have helped fall feed. The usual amount of fall 

 seeding has been done, but the early sown will have to be reseeded. 

 Potatoes have made a light yield. Celery is not over half a crop ; 

 roots suffered from early drought. An average apple crop was 

 promised, but the gale of the 12th took off from one-half to three- 

 fourths of them. But few pears ; peaches good and plums good ; 

 grapes abundant. 



Agawam (R. De Witt) . — Corn is a little less than an average 

 crop. It has been too dry for rowen and fall feed. Less than the 

 usual amount of fall seeding has been done because of drought. 

 Onions are a poor crop. Potatoes are less than a normal crop. 

 The gale of the 12th took a third of the apple crop and perhaps 

 half. Pears, peaches and plums are good crops. 



Longmeadow (W. F. Emerson). — Corn is fully up to an aver- 

 age crop. Rowen and fall feed are up to the usual average on 

 well-fertilized land. Less than the usual amount of fall seeding 

 has been done, owing to the ground being so dry. Potatoes are 

 a light crop, of good quality. The apple crop is light, though not 

 as many were blown off as might have been expected. There was 

 a light crop of pears and peaches ; very few plums ; a good crop 

 of grapes. 



Wilbraham (F. E. Clark). — Corn is not well filled out and is 

 not an average crop. Rowen is not over a one-fourth crop, and 



