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better for the time of year. Oats are below an average crop. Cucum- 

 bers for pickles have yielded an unprecedented crop, and growers have 

 had a hard time, with insufficient help, to keep them picked to re- 

 quired size. 



Wendell (N. D. Plumb). — Prospects are favorable for a large yield 

 of Indian corn. Sweet corn is not raised for market. The rowen crop 

 promises to be the best for the past decade. Late potatoes are afflicted 

 by blight, and are rotting badly. There will be about one-fourth of a 

 normal crop of fruit. Pastures look as well as they usually do in the 

 month of June. Oats are above an average crop; no barley raised. 



New Salem (Daniel Ballard). — Indian corn is looking well. 

 Sweet-corn is raised for market to a small extent, and has made a good 

 yield. Rowen is a full crop where the first crop was cut early. Po- 

 tatoes have made a good growth, but blight and rot have begun to 

 appear. There will be a medium crop of apples; pears plenty; very 

 few peaches; grapes more plenty. Pastures hold out well. Oats and 

 barley are good average crops. 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 



Greenwich (Walter H. Glazier). — Indian corn is excellent, but 

 perhaps a little late. Sweet corn is not grown for market to any ex- 

 tent. The first crop of hay was secured so late that the prospect for 

 rowen is not very good. Blight has appeared on potatoes, but no rot 

 as yet. There will be no fruit of any account. Pasturage is fine for 

 the season of the year. Oats are grown for fodder; barley not grown. 

 Many of our farmers are just finishing haying, owing to trying weather; 

 a good crop has been secured, but in some cases not in the best condi- 

 tion. 



Pelham (John L. Brewer). — Indian corn is in excellent condition. 

 Sweet corn is but little raised for the market, but the family supply is 

 of good quahty. A fair crop of rowen is expected. A few fields of 

 potatoes have blighted, and are rotting badly. Apples will be a fair 

 crop; pears and grapes excellent. Pasturage was never better at this 

 time of year. Oats have not been very satisfactory. Crops look in 

 fine condition, with the exception of potatoes. 



Amherst (Wm. P, Brooks). — Indian corn is in excellent condition. 

 Sweet corn is not raised for market to any extent, but condition 

 and yield are good. The rowen crop will be much above the normal. 

 Blight is general on potatoes, but there is little rot. Tobacco has made 

 a fine growth, and shows little damage to leaf; harvesting well begun. 

 Apples are very uneven; pears below average; peaches good; grapes 

 exceptionally good. Pastures are in excellent condition. Oats rusted 

 badly, and are below average. 



Hadley (H. C. Russell). — Indian corn is in excellent condition. 

 Sweet corn is not grown for market. Rowen will be better than an 



