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and barley are about normal crops. Rain is needed by the rowen crop 

 and feed in pastures. 



Hawley (C. C. Fuller). — Indian corn is in good condition. Sweet 

 corn is not raised for market, but for home use, and is yielding well. 

 The prospect is good for rowen, if we do not have drought. There is 

 considerable bhght and rot on potatoes. Apples are scarce except in 

 a few cases; other fruits normal. Pastures are in fair condition. Oats 

 and barley are about normal crops. 



Colrain (A. A. Smith). — Indian corn is in good condition. Sweet 

 corn is raised for market, and is a good crop. Late potatoes promise 

 well, but show some blight. Rowen promises a good yield. Less 

 tobacco is being raised than formerly, but it is in good condition. The 

 prospect is poor for all fruits. Pasturage is in fine condition. Oats 

 and barley are better than normal crops. 



Bernardston (R. H. Cushman). — There is a large growth of fodder 

 on Indian corn and it is eared well. Sweet corn is raised for market, 

 and the yield will be heavy, picking beginning last week. Rowen will 

 be above an average crop, and some fields have been secured. There 

 is general complaint of bhght and rot, but the prospect for potatoes 

 is otherwise good. There will be a light yield of all fruits. Pastures 

 are in excellent condition. Oats and barley are nearly all cut for hay, 

 and have made a large growth, but weather conditions have not been 

 very favorable for securing the crops. 



Ashfield (Charles Howes). — Indian corn has made up for lost 

 time, and is in fine condition. Sweet corn is not raised for market. 

 There is a good prospect for rowen, and there will be a fine crop. Po- 

 tatoes are looking well, with very little blight or rot. Probably there 

 will be about half a crop of apples ; but few pears or peaches. Pastures 

 hold out very well. There is a good growth of oats and barley, but 

 they are mostly grown as forage crops. All crops have made rapid 

 growth during the last six weeks. 



Montague (A. M. Lyman). — Indian corn is in first-class condition. 

 Sweet corn is raised for market, and is in fine condition. The prospect 

 is good for the rowen crop. Late potatoes will be a poor crop, having 

 blighted and now rotting badly. The acreage of tobacco is large, and 

 the condition nearly perfect. There is generally a short crop of fruit. 

 Pasturage has held out well. Oats and barley are fair crops. There 

 is considerable Japanese millet raised about here, quite a number of 

 large fields being grown for the seed. Onions have generally blighted 

 more or less, and there will not be more than half a crop. 



Noiihfielfl (Thos. R. Callender). — Indian corn is uniformly good, 

 with the promise of a heavy yield. Sweet corn for canning is extra 

 good; none harvested yet. Rowen will be above the average on 

 early cut fields. Potatoes promise poorly, with both blight and rot. 

 The acreage of tobacco is small, but there will be one of the best crops 

 €ver grown. All fruit will give a very light crop. Pastures were never 



