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rather a light crop but the quality is fully equal to last year. On 

 the hills there is some fruit, ia the valleys very little. Pastures 

 are dry as a road bed. Oats and barley compare favorably with 

 last year. Not much attention is paid to drainage. 



Sunderland (J. M. J. Legate). — Corn is drying up badly and 

 there will not be much over half a crop. No rowen to speak of. 

 Potatoes are a very light crop, no blight or rot. The tobacco crop 

 is about all housed and though it has suffered much from drought 

 it is better in every way than last year. All fruits are very light 

 crops. Pastures are all dried up and the stock is being brought 

 to the barns or fed in pasture. Oats are light. Very few drains 

 in town except open drains which are called town drains and kept 

 open by the town. The present season in this vicinity is the poor- 

 est in years, and if we can elect another Legislature that will put 

 another five pounds onto onions and refuse to help us on the tax 

 question, we will be in good shape to move to the poor house. 



HAMPSFIIRE COUNTY. 



Greemoich (Wm. L. Douglas). — Indian corn is all drying 

 up for want of rain. There will be no rowen at all. Late po- 

 tatoes on moist land look fairly well ; no blight. On high land 

 there are some apples, on low land the frost killed all fruit. 

 Pastures are all dry, and the stock has to be fed in the barn and 

 grained. 



Enfield (D. O. Chickerixg). — Corn on low lands badly dam- 

 aged by frost August 22, otherwise looks well considering the dry 

 weather. The rowen crop is an entire failure. Potatoes will be 

 from one-half to two-thirds of the usual crop. Very little fruit of 

 any kind. Pastures are very dry. Oats and barley lighter than 

 last year. It is very, very dry, no rain of amount having fallen 

 for three months. 



North Amherst (H. A. Parsons). — Corn will- be about half 

 a crop. Rowen is a very small crop. Late potatoes are about a 

 one-third crop, with some blight, Apples and peaches a failure ; 

 pears and grapes good. Pasturage is all dried up except in wet 

 spots. Oats are a fair crop. There is not much draining done ; 

 some use board drains like an inverted eave trough in shape. 



Hatfield (Thaddeus Graves). — Corn is a three-fourths crop. 

 Rowen will not be over 15 per cent of an average crop. Potatoes 

 are a poor crop, and there is some blight. Tobacco is in better 

 condition than last year, not being storm whipped. The pros- 

 pect for fruits is good. Pasturage is poor and dry, and many 

 have taken stock home. Oats are a poor crop. Onions suffer 

 more from drought than any crop. No drainage required. 



