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crops. Late market-garden crops are in average condition. No at- 

 tention of any account is paid to raising ducks and geese. 



Eussell (E. D. Parks). — Indian corn is looking very well, and is 

 earing nicely. Kowen will be about a normal crop. Some blight 

 but no rot reported on late potatoes. Fruit prospect : apples, below 

 average ; pears, good ; peaches, but few ; grapes, good ; quinces, good ; 

 cranberries, none. Since the Augaist rains pasturage has been very 

 good. The oat and barley crops were rather below the average. 

 But little market-garden truck is raised here. There is more interest 

 in chickens and hens than in ducks and geese. 



West Springfield (T. A. Rogers). — Indian corn is two weeks late, 

 but is looking well. Rowen looks well, but is late on account of 

 drought. Prospect for late potatoes is fair; blight is showing some; 

 no rot as yet. Tobacco shows an increased acreage, with a full 

 average crop in sight. Fruit prospect: apples, a one-fourth crop; 

 peai-s, few; peaches, none; grapes, full; quinces, few; cranberries, 

 none raised. Pasturage is very short, but is gaining now since the 

 rains. Oats were a full average crop; barley is raised only for 

 forage. Late market-garden crops are somewhat late, but growing 

 well now. Interest in ducks and geese has increased some in recent 

 years, but to no great extent. 



Agawam (J. G. Burt). — Indian corn is rather backward. There 

 will be very little rowen this year. Prospect for late potatoes is for 

 a fair crop ; no blight or rot as yet. Acreage of tobacco is more than 

 in former years, and condition better. Fruit prospect : apples, light ; 

 pears, light ; jDeaehes, light ; grapes, good ; quinces, light ; cranberries, 

 none. Pasturage is short. Oats and barley were about the same 

 as in former years. Condition of late market-garden croj)S is good. 

 Interest in ducks and geese has increased. 



Hampden (John N. Isham). — Prospect is for a good average 

 rowen croji. Late jjotatoes are looking very well ; early potatoes are 

 only a one-half crop ; only slight showing of blight on late potatoes. 

 Fruit prospect: winter apples, good; pears, small yield; peaches, 

 none; grapes, plenty; quinces, fair; cranberries, short. Pastures 

 are short, but green. Oats and barley have been good average crops. 

 Late market-garden crops are raised on common farms only for 

 home use, and are doing well. There is not much increase of interest 

 in ducks and geese. Fodder corn and all forage crops are growing 

 finely and in abundance. Cows will have to be fed forage crops to 

 keep up a good milk supply. 



Palmer (0. P. Allen). — Indian corn is in fair condition and 

 growing rapidly, owing to recent rains. The rowen crop will not be 

 as good as usual. Prospect is for a good crop of late potatoes of 

 good quality; very little blight noticed. Fruit prospect: apples, 

 fair; pears, very few; peaches, none; grapes, few; quinces, few; 

 cranberries, none. Pastures are recovering from July drought in a 



