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per cent; peaches, 95 per cent; grapes, 90 per cent. There has 

 been very little damage from early frosts. Spraying is more gen- 

 erally practiced than formerly, and with marked results. One 

 grower who sprayed thoroughly has trees which are breaking down 

 with fruit, while neighbors who did not spray have only light crops 

 of poorer fruit. 



Westhampton (Levi Burt). — Indian corn is fully up to the 

 average. Rowen shows a three-fourths crop. Fall feed is good. 

 The usual amount of fall seeding has been done, and it is now 

 looking fine. Potatoes, in yield, are fully up to the normal, and are 

 of fine quality. The prospect for root crops is good. Fruit, yield: 

 apples, about two-thirds ; pears, very few ; peaches, very few ; grapes, 

 good. Fruit, quality: apples, fine; grapes, fine. No damaging frost 

 as yet. Not very much interest is shown in growing fruit aside 

 from two or three instances. 



Southampton (C. B. Lyman). — Corn is in very good condition 

 and is now being cut, being well stocked with ears. The hot weather 

 of September, with the accompanying rains, gave the corn a rapid 

 growth. These same rains greatly helped the rowen and feed, which 

 have started finely, but the rowen is still very short, although feed 

 is in fairly good condition. The usual amount of fall seeding has 

 been done, and it is looking well, but there is still quite a bit to 

 be sown. Potatoes are not up to the normal, owing to the drought, 

 but the quality is very good. The prospect is rather poor for root 

 crops, but late turnips are looking well. Fruit, yield : apples, be- 

 low the average; pears, light; peaches, none; grapes, plenty. Apples 

 are of good quality and grapes fine. Modern methods have been 

 adopted in some orchards, and there was pi'oduced the finest fruit 

 I have ever seen; the trees were loaded to their capacity with large 

 fruit, upon which hardly a blemish could be found. 



Enfield (D. 0. Chickeeing). — Compared with normal the corn 

 crop is very good. The rowen croj) is about up to the average, 

 as is also fall feed. About the usual amount of fall seeding has been 

 done, and it is in good condition. Potatoes are about a noimal crop 

 and of good quality. Prospect for root crops and other late market- 

 garden crops is fair. Fruit, yield : apples, average ; pears, average ; 

 peaches, few; gi-apes, good. Apples are of good quality. The 

 damage from early frosts has been very slight, mainly to squashes 

 and cucumbers, although in a few places corn was touched slightly. 

 There is an awakened interest in modern methods of orchard care 

 to some extent. An experimental orchard was set out on the farm 

 of C. W. Maynard last year and is doing very well. 



