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Pasturage is fully up to the average in condition. Oats and 

 barley are normal crops. A very small proportion of our farmers 

 give poultry the attention it should have for good results. 



Hatfield (Thaddeus Graa^es). — Indian corn is about half a 

 crop. Rowen will be above an average crop. Potatoes promise 

 about a normal yield ; a little of both blight and rot has been 

 noticed, but not as much as usual. There are some good crops 

 of tobacco, but most fields are faded and spindling ; possibly a 

 two-thirds crop, as a whole. Pastures are in good condition. 

 Oats and barley are little raised. Nearly all farmers, including 

 myself, neglect and abuse poultry. 



Easthampton (Wm. E. Clapp). — There are some good fields 

 of corn, but for the most part it is very backward. There will be 

 more than a normal crop of rowen. There is a good crop of 

 potatoes, with not much blight. Acreage of tobacco about the 

 same as usual, and the crop looks well. Apples scarce ; also 

 peaches ; grapes plenty. Pasturage is in very good condition. 

 Oats are a good crop. A large proportion of our farmers give 

 poultry the care it should have for good results. 



Westhavipton (H. A. Parsons). — Indian corn is in very poor 

 condition, and will not yield over half a crop. Rowen is a full 

 normal crop. Blight and rot will damage potatoes grown on low 

 ground. The acreage of tobacco is about the same as usual, and 

 the prop looks well. No peaches ; half a crop of apples ; not 

 many pears. Pastures are in good condition. There is no barley, 

 and oats will be a light crop. Not over half of our farmers give 

 poultry the attention it should have for good results. 



Williamsburg (F. C. Richards). — Corn never was poorer, and 

 there has been no development, it being all stalks with no ears to 

 ripen. Rowen will be far above an average crop. Late potatoes 

 have blighted badly. The acreage of tobacco is smaller than 

 usual, and the crop is in poor condition. Apples a one-third 

 crop ; pears a one-fourth crop ; no peaches. Pasturage is in the 

 very best condition. Oats and barley are full average crops. 

 None of our farmers give poultry the care it should have for good 

 results. 



Chesterfield (Horatio Bisbee) . — Locally Indian corn is about 

 a failure. Rowen is looking well. The potato crop is very un- 

 even ; there is some blight and rot, and some fields will yield well, 

 while others will not. There are some apples ; think the crop a 

 fair one for the odd year. Feed is very good in pastures, and 

 stock is doing well. Oats and barley are good crops. A very 

 small proportion only of our farmers give poultry the care it should 

 have for good results. 



