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Apples will be a light crop ; other fruits abundant. Pasturage is 

 in excellent condition. Oats and barley were full crops. 



HAMPDEN COUNTY. 

 Chester (C. Z. Inzell). — Indiau corn is in good condition, but 

 is a little late. Rowen did not start well, owing to dry weather 

 after haying, but is doing well now. Blight has appeared on some 

 fields of potatoes. Apples and peaches will give good crops. 

 Pastures are better than a mouth ago. 



Blandford (Enos W. Boise).— The warm weather has forced 

 Indian corn along, and there will be a fair crop of grain if frosts 

 hold off until the middle of September. Sweet corn is not raised 

 for canning. There will be no rowen, except on rich, early cut 

 fields. There will be a poor yield of late potatoes ; some blight 

 has appeared, and rot will follow. Apples will be a fair crop, and 

 are of good size and fair. Stock is not doing as well as usual, on 

 account of short pasturage and annoyance from horn flies. Oats 

 and barley were full average crops. 



Granville (Joseph Welch). — Indian corn is in fair condition. 

 Sweet corn is not raised for canning. Rowen will be a light crop, 

 owing to dry weather. Late potatoes are looking fairly well ; early 

 ones struck by blight, and will be a light crop. Not over ten acres 

 of tobacco in town, but that is the best for years. Apples are a 

 failure. Feed in pastures is poor. Oats and barley were very 

 good crops. We have had very little rain this season. 



West Springfield (W. S. Bagg) .— Indian corn looks finely. 

 Sweet corn is not raised for canning. Rowen has improved of 

 late, owing to occasional rains, but will be a small crop. Late 

 potatoes will be a light crop. Tobacco looks well. Apples and 

 peaches will be light crops ; pears and grapes good ; no cranber- 

 ries. Pasturage is in very poor condition. Oats and barley are 

 about average crops. Springs and streams are very low, and pas- 

 tures have suffered severely from lack of rain. 



Agawam (J. G. Burt). —Indian corn is in good condition. 

 Sweet corn is not raised for canning. The rowen crop will be 

 light. There will be a light crop of late potatoes, but there is as 

 yet no blight nor rot. Acreage of tobacco about the same as usual, 

 and condition good. There will be a light crop of all kinds of 

 fruit. Pastures are short. Oats and barley gave about normal 

 crops. 



East Longmeadow (John L. Davis). — Indian corn is in very 

 good condition. Sweet corn is not raised for canning ; condition 

 ^ood of that raised for market. There is very little rowen to be 



