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potatoes will be small. Prospect of a small apple crop. Pastures 

 are getting short. Rye crop the best for some years. Corn and 

 tobacco are looking well. 



Westha nipton (W. H. Lyman). — Hay crop about an average in 

 quantity and (|uality. Late potatoes promise to be above an aver- 

 age crop. Light crop of apples in prospect. Pasturage fair. 

 Rye a good crop. 



Goshen (Alvan Baruus) . — Hay crop ten per cent below last 

 year in quantity ; quality as good, if not better. Hardly half a 

 crop of early potatoes. Apples have fallen off badly and appear- 

 ances indicate little more than half a crop. Pastures are drying 

 up. Rye crop fully equal to last year's crop. Hardly rain enough 

 the past three weeks to lay the dust. 



Wortliimjton (C. K. Brewster). — Hay crop about one-fifth 

 short. Early potatoes yielding fairly well, and selling for 80 cents 

 per bushel. Indications fair for late potatoes. Prospect fair for 

 apple crop. Pastures are rather short. 



Chestei-Jield (Horatio Bisbee). — Quantity of hay less than 

 last year ; quality good. Pearly potatoes are very light. Tops of 

 late ix>tatoes are looking well, but the dry weather must hurt them. 

 Apples have dropped badly.- Corn leaves are rolling. Pastures 

 are short. Unless there is rain soon we shall have but little 

 rowen. 



HAMPDEN COUNTY. 



Russell (Roland Parks). — Hay crop about three-fourths of 

 last year's and of good quality. Fair yield of early potatoes ; 

 price $1 per bushel. Indications for a light crop of late potatoes. 

 Apples a failure. Pastures are poor. Average rye crop. The 

 weather the past ten days has been very hot and dry. 



Ilolyoke (J. C. Thorpe). — Hay crop not quite as large as last 

 year but of better quality. Early potatoes a small crop ; price 

 80 cents to $1 per bushel. Late potatoes promise well. Apples 

 promise a little below an average. Pasturage good until the 

 recent hot weather. Rye crop about the same as last year. 



West Springfield (T. A. Rogers). — All commenced haying 

 late, but have finished on time. The quantity of hay is about the 

 same as last year and the quality better. Yield of early pota- 

 toes about an average ; price 75 cents per bushel at present. Tops 

 of late potatoes seem to be turning now. Pastures good till quite 

 lately. Rye as good as last year. Corn generally looks well. 

 Some oats have rusted. 



Agawam (R. DeWitt). — Hay crop good in quality and larger 

 than last year. Yield of early potatoes not as large as usual ; 



