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Corn good. Tobacco good in both quantity and qualit}'. Onions 

 two-thirds to three- fourths crop. 



Montague (C. S. Raymond). — Wire worms and grubs are 

 damaging potatoes, and tent caterpillars are quite numerous. 

 Rowen a light crop. Potatoes about half of last year's crop. 

 Corn promises to be better than the average. Pasturage rather 

 short. Oat crop rather better than last year. Apples a fair crop. 

 Pears about a medium crop. 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 



Enfield (D. O. Chickeking). — Tent caterpillars are doing the 

 most damage. Prospect for rowen very good. Potatoes are about 

 two-thirds of an average crop. Prospect for corn very good. 

 Pasturage in good condition. Oat crop better than last year. 



Pelham (J. L. Brewer) . — Tent caterpillars doing most damage. 

 Prospect for rowen good. Apples about one-fourth crop. Pota- 

 toes a light crop. Good prospect for corn. Pasturage in good 

 condition. Oat crop about as last year's. A large crop of blue- 

 berries and whortleberries has been gathered. 



Belchertown (H. C. West). — Rowen bids fair to make up for 

 the short hay crop. Apple crop not up to expectations, partic- 

 ularly in regai'd to quality. Potatoes a fair crop. Corn more than 

 an average crop. Pasturage in good condition. Oat crop much 

 better than last year, although there was a little rust. 



Hadley (H. C. Russell) . — Tent caterpillars doing most damage. 

 Fair rowen crop. Early potatoes a very poor crop and price low ; 

 about fifty cents per bushel. Prospect of a good corn crop. Past- 

 urage not up to average condition. Oats about as last year. 



Southampton (C. B. Lyman). — The rowen crop promises to be 

 fair. Pastures are looking quite fresh. Potatoes will be a light 

 crop ; some report the lightest for years. Corn crop good. Oats 

 about as last year. Tobacco is now being harvested, is heavy and 

 in good condition. 



Worthington (C. K. Brewster) .— The horn fly annoys the 

 cattle so that some say it makes a perceptible difference in the 

 yield of milk. Rowen about an average. Prospect for potatoes 

 fair. Prospect for corn very good. Pasturage in rather poor 

 condition. Oat crop about as last year. 



Goshen (Alvan Barrus). — White grubs and grasshoppers are 

 doing most damage. Rowen a light crop. Potatoes a very light 

 yield and of poor quality ; some late fields were killed outright by 

 hail. Corn good on some fields but ruined by hail on others. 

 Pasturage fairly good. A severe hail storm on August 19 either 

 ruined or greatly injured all crops liable to damage from hail. 



