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raised for ensilage. Hay is about an average crop in both quantity and 

 quality. Millet, oats and corn are our forage crops, and all are looking 

 finely. Market-garden crops fair ; potatoes are looking finely, few dug 

 as yet. Apples are a fair crop; few pears and peaches; hardly any 

 plums and quinces; grape vines loaded. Pasturage is in better condi- 

 tion than usual. Rye, oats and barley are full average crops. 



Hadley (L. W. West). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. Corn 

 is above the average in condition; not over one-fifth of the crop will be 

 ensiled. Quantity of hay crop 10 per cent above normal and in fine 

 condition. Japanese millet and corn are our principal forage crops. 

 Market-garden crops are in good condition; potatoes look well, few 

 harvested; yield and prices of all above average. Apples and pears 

 promise well; peaches few. Pastures are in good condition. Rye is 

 an average crop and oats below. Tobacco and onions are looking well. 



Easthampton (Wm. C. Clapp). — Potato bugs and squash bugs are 

 doing some damage. Corn is backward, but is growing fast; perhaps 

 one-fourth the crop will go into the silo. There is a heavy yield of hay 

 of good quaUty. Millet looks well, but oats are somewhat rusted. 

 Potatoes are looking well and market-garden crops are up to the 

 normal. There will be a fair crop of apples and grapes; other fruits 

 little raised. Pasturage never looked better. Rye is a normal crop. 

 Tobacco is growing fast. 



Northampton (H. C. Comins). — Potato bugs are very plenty and the 

 elm-tree beetle is doing some damage. Corn is a little late but is very 

 promising; from one-third to one-half the crop will be put into the silo. 

 There is a full crop of hay of excellent quality. Corn and millet are the 

 principal forage crops grown. Market-garden crops are good and 

 potatoes are looking finely; potatoes fairly good. Apples are a light 

 crop and other fruits promise well. Pastures are in fine condition. 

 Rye, oats and barley are but little raised but are good crops. 



Williamsburg (F. C. Richards). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage, but are not as numerous as usual. Indian corn is looking 

 w^ell ; about two-thirds of the crop goes into the silo. Hay is above the 

 average in both quantity and quality. Oats are the principal forage 

 crop, with some oats and peas and Hungarian grass, and are in good 

 condition. Apples promise half a crop; pears full; peaches three- 

 fourths. Pastures are looking well, but feed is deficient in sustenance. 

 There will not be above 20 per cent of a crop of Baldwin apples. 



Goshen (Alvan Barrus). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Indian corn looks vigorous, but a week or two late ; most of it is grown 

 for ensilage or for the dry stover. Hay is fully up to the average in both 

 quantity and quality. Corn, oats, barley, millet and Hungarian grass 

 are the principal forage crops grown and are all in good condition. 

 Nearly all fruit is below par, except blackberries, which promise well. 

 Pasturage is in very good condition. Rye, oats and barley are average 

 crops. 



