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HAMPDEN COUNTY. 



Tolland (F. T. Moore). — Indian corn a fair crop, but late. 

 Rowen fully up to the average ; grass growing finely now. Onions 

 about as usual. Potatoes about one-fourth crop, and rotting 

 badly. Root crops not up to the average, because of wet weather. 

 Apples not one-fourth of a crop, and not very fair. Tobacco crop 

 very good, and curing well. Feed in pastures as green and fresh 

 as in June. No frosts yet. 



Agawam (R. DeWitt). — Indian corn more than an average 

 crop. Rowen more than an average crop. Less than the usual 

 amount of fall seeding done ; looking finely. Potatoes not an 

 average crop. Turnips are looking well. Apples a poor crop in 

 quantity and quality. Tobacco a satisfactory crop. Peaches have 

 done nicely. 



West Simngfield (N. T. Smith). — Indian corn an average 

 crop. Rowen above the average. Not quite the usual amount of 

 fall seeding done ; present condition good. Onions an average 

 crop. Potatoes not up to the average. Prospect for root crops 

 fairly good, though some pieces of carrots have blighted. Apples 

 about sixty per cent of a crop, mostly Baldwins ; some orchards 

 very heavy, others none. Tobacco a satisfactory crop. 



Holyoke (J. C. Thorpe). — Indian corn about ten per cent 

 better than an average crop. Rowen about an average crop. 

 Fully the average amount of fall seeding done, and looking well. 

 Potatoes about a two-thirds crop ; quality good. Root crops look- 

 ing well. Apples about a two-thirds crop ; quality very fair. 



Chicopee (R. W. Bemis). — Indian corn fully up to the average. 

 Rowen a good crop. Not the usual amount of fall seeding done 

 at the present time. Onions an average crop. Potato crop below 

 the average. Prospect for root crops good. Apples quite a good 

 crop, but a great many have blown off. Tobacco a satisfactory 

 crop, and curing well. 



Wilbraham (H. M. Bliss). — Indian corn a good crop. Rowen 

 an average crop. Average amount of fall seeding done ; present 

 condition good. Potatoes a three-fourths crop; quality good. 

 Prospect for root crops good. Apples a light crop. Fall feed 

 good. Excellent weather has allowed late-planted crops to ripen. 



Hampden (John N. Isham). — Indian corn a full average crop. 

 Rowen an average and more on many fields. Hardly the average 

 amount of fall seeding done, but it \b looking well. Onion crop 

 below average, because of wet weather in June. Potatoes not over 

 three-fourths of an average ; quality very good. Good prospect 

 for root crops ; tops green and still growing. Apples not half a 



