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crop is used for the silo. Quality of the hay crop good, quantity 

 from one-half to two-thirds of an average crop. Oats, barley, 

 corn and Hungarian grass are the principal forage crops grown ; 

 but few raise forage crops to supplement the pastures. Apples are 

 falling badly, and prospect for other fruits is uncertain. Pastures 

 are very dry and feed is short. Rye, oats and barley look very 

 well. 



Russell (E. D. Parks). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Indian corn is looking well, but is rather backward ; little of the 

 crop goes into the silo. Hay is about a normal crop in quantity 

 and quality, below if anything. Oats are the principal forage 

 crop grown, and are in good condition. Potatoes are in very fair 

 condition. Fruit of all kinds is looking well. Pastures are very 

 poor on account of the early drought. Rye, oats and barley are 

 not quite up to the normal. 



Southioick (L. A. Fowler). — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Indian corn is in fair condition, and about half the crop 

 will be put into the silo. Owing to the di'y weather, hay was 

 about half a crop in quantity. Millet, Hungarian grass and oats 

 are the principal forage crops raised. There will be about an 

 average crop of fruit. Pastures are dry and brown from lack of 

 rain. Rye, oats and barley compare favorably with former years, 

 both for grain and forage. 



West Springfield (T. A. Rogers). — Potato bugs are very thick. 

 Corn is looking finely now, and about half the crop will go into the 

 silo. Quantity of hay crop under average, but quality all right. 

 Corn, oats, peas and barle}^ are the principal forage crops raised, 

 with some cabbage for early market and trimmings fed to the cows. 

 All market-garden ctops have suffered more or less from drought ; 

 no potatoes dug as yel. Apples, pears, peaches and grapes are 

 average crops ; plums and quinces light. Pastures are nearlj' all 

 bare and brown. Rye is very good ; oats are cut for green feed 

 and hay. 



Chicopee (R. W. Bkmis). — There are few insects troubling us 

 at this time. Indian corn is looking fairly well ; silos are coming 

 into more general use. Hay is about an average crop, both in 

 (piantity and quality. Oats and corn are the principal forage 

 crops grown. iVIarket-garden crops are about the same as in 

 other years, as regards both yield and price. There will be about 

 an average crop of all kinds of fruit. Pasturage has been fairly 

 good so far this season. Rye, oats and barley are fair average 

 crops, both for grain and forage. 



East Lojigmeadow (John L. Davis) . — Potato bugs are very 

 plenty. Corn is in first-class condition, but not one-twentieth of 



