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Hinsdale (Thomas F. Barker). — Indian corn is good, but late. 

 Sweet corn is not raised for the market. Rowen promises to be a good 

 crop. Potatoes look well, and the early varieties are good. There will 

 be no fruit of any kind worth mentioning. Pasturage is in very good 

 condition. Oats and barley have made a large growth. The late rains 

 have kept all crops growing finely. 



Windsor (Harry A. Ford). — Indian corn is looking finely. Sweet 

 corn is not raised for the market. Rowen was never a better crop. 

 Blight has appeared on potatoes, and there will be a poor crop. There 

 is a very light crop of apples; no other fruits raised. Pastures are 

 dry, but about as usual for the time of year. Oats and barley are 

 normal crops. 



Cheshire (L. J. Northup) . — Indian corn is a normal crop, and the 

 outlook is the best for several seasons. Sweet corn is raised to a certain 

 extent, and is yielding well. Rowen will be a normal crop where the 

 hay crop was secured early. Apples 25 per cent; pears 75 per cent; 

 grapes a fair crop. Pastures have dried up during the last ten days, 

 because of lack of rain. Oats are a first-class crop ; barley not much 

 raised. 



Savoy (W. W. Burnett) . — Indian corn has made a good growth, 

 but is a httle backward. Sweet corn is not much raised for market. 

 Rowen will scarcely be up to the normal, as the first crop was cut too 

 late. The prospect for late potatoes is not good, as they are blighting 

 and rotting. The prospect is very poor for all fruits. Pasturage is in 

 fine condition. Oats and barley are full average crops. 



New Ashford (Elihu Ingraham). — Indian corn is in good condition. 

 Sweet corn is not raised for market. Rowen promises a good crop. 

 Potatoes promise a fair crop, but bhght and rot are showing up quite 

 extensively. Apples will be a light crop. Pastures are in good con- 

 dition. Oats and barley are good crops. 



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Monroe (David H. Sherman). — Indian corn is but little grown, 

 and is late. Sweet corn is raised to some extent, and is yielding well. 

 The greater part of the hay crop was cut too late for a normal crop 

 of rowen to follow. Potatoes will be a light crop, blight having ap- 

 peared about August 1, and some fields showing half the tubers rotted. 

 There will be very few apples; wild blackberries plenty. Pasturage 

 is in very fair condition, but needs rain now. Oats and barley are 

 about average crops. 



Rowe (N. E. Adams). — Indian corn is about ten days late but has 

 made a strong growth. Sweet corn is not raised for market. The 

 rowen crop promises to be very large. The yield of late potatoes will 

 be small, blight having appeared, with some rot. The prospect is very 

 poor for fruit of all kinds. Pasturage is in very good condition. Oats 



