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rains. Very little celery grown here. The interest in tlie production 

 of ducks and geese for market shows no marked change. The two 

 leading crops, onions and tobacco, are above the average this year, 

 and bid fair to surpass the crops of last year, both in yield and in 

 price. 



Greenwich (Walter H. Glazier). — Corn has eared very well, 

 but is late. The row en prospect is poor; do not know of any to cut. 

 Late potatoes are looking well; very little blight as yet. There will 

 be a fair crop of apples. Late rains have helped to remedy the ill 

 effects of the drought in the pastures. The interest in ducks and 

 geese shows no material change. There was a light frost on August 

 17. We have had frosts every month this year. 



Belchertown (Almon L. Pratt). — Corn is from two to three 

 weeks late, but is now growing fast. There will be about three- 

 fourths of a normal crop of rowen. Blight is noticeable in some 

 potato fields. The acreage and condition compare favorably with 

 former years. Fruit prospect: apples, a one-half crop; pears, a 

 one-quarter crop ; peaches, few ; grapes, a full crop ; quinces, normal ; 

 cranberries, very few. Pastures are in fair condition. Oats and 

 barley are three-quarter crops. Celery and other market-garden 

 crops are in fair condition. The interest in the production for 

 market of ducks and geese has increased. Recent rains have helped 

 all vegetation, 



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East Longmeadow (John L. Davis), — -The Indian corn crop is 

 not quite in average conditiou, on account of injury from drought. 

 Rowen will not be over a one-tenth crop. Late potatoes will not 

 show a very good yield; blight has api^eared on most pieces. One 

 man has about three acres of tobacco, — the first raised in town for 

 some time, and looking well. Fruit prospect: apples, plenty; pears', 

 few; peaches, none; grapes, good; quinces, some; cranberries, none. 

 There is no grass in the pastures. Oats have been the poorest in my 

 memory, and there is no barley. Some farmers are beginning to 

 grow celery. Literest in ducks has increased very much, but there 

 are few geese. There is not over one-third the milk made in this 

 town that was made ten years ago, when we got 2^/^ to 2-^4 cents 

 per quart. Farmers now get 4 to 4V2 cents per quart, and do not 

 think it pays. 



Blandford (Enos W. Boise). — Indian corn is fully ten days late, 

 but is a good stand, and with favorable season will be an average 

 crop. Rowen will not be over a 50 per cent crop. Late potatoes 

 will prove to be a good crop; no blight as yet. Fruit prospect: 

 apples, three-fourths of normal yield; pears, light; no peaches; 

 grapes, average; cranlierries, average. Pasturage is short, but will 

 improve with recent rains. Oats and barley were about three-fourths 



