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average crop. There is some blight and a little rot on potatoes, and 

 the prospect is not flattering. There is 10 per cent increase in the 

 acreage of tobacco, and the best crop for many years. There will be 

 but few apples ; no peaches ; plenty of grapes and pears. Pasturage is 

 in good condition. Oats and barley are normal crops. 



South Hadley (W. F. Person). — Corn looks well, but not equal to 

 last year. Sweet corn is raised for home use, and looks well. The 

 prospect is good for rowen. Late potatoes will be a poor yield ; blight 

 but no rot. No tobacco grown in this town. Apples light; pears a 

 heavy crop, of good quality; no peaches. Pasturage is in very good 

 condition. Oats are a fair crop, but not up to the average; barley 

 good. 



Hatfield (Thaddeus Graves). — Indian corn is unusually forward, 

 and is good. Sweet corn is good, but is not raised for market. Rowen 

 is forward, and promises finely. Late potatoes will be a poor crop, 

 with much blight, but no rot at present. There is a slight increase in 

 the acreage of tobacco, and a banner crop. Apples are about one-third 

 of a crop; pears and grapes about as usual. Pasturage is in good con- 

 dition. There is little if any oats or barley. Onions will be about 

 one-third of a normal crop, owing to bhght. 



Southampton (C. B. Lyman). — Indian corn is of very good growth, 

 but rather late, and would suffer from early frosts. Sweet corn is but 

 little grown for market. The rowen crop started well. Late potatoes 

 are looking well, with no rot. The acreage of tobacco is fully up to 

 former years, and the crop never looked better. Apples will be a small 

 crop ; pears abundant ; peaches full crop ; grape vines loaded. Pastur- 

 age is good. As a whole, crops have made a large growth. 



Huntington (Henry W. Stickney). — Indian corn has made a great 

 growth. Sweet corn is looking finely. There is a big growth of rowen, 

 seldom if ever equalled. Pears and grapes will be fine crops. Pastur- 

 age is about as usual, but a little rain would be very acceptable. 



Cummington (S. W. Clark). — Indian corn shows a heavy growth, 

 but is a little late. Sweet corn is raised largely for silo and for forage, 

 and is looking well. The prospect. for the rowen crop is very good. 

 Late potatoes are beginning to rot, and some are digging them. Apples 

 may be half a crop; other fruits normal. Pasturage has been very 

 good all the season. Oats gave a very heavy growth of straw, and have 

 been cut for hay; barley normal. Where the first crop was cut, early 

 rowen is looking very fine; but owing to bad weather, haying was 

 much delayed, and the two crops were cut together on many fields. 



Middlefiekl (J. T. Bryan). — Indian corn is in excellent condition. 

 Sweet corn is not raised for market, but yields well in the garden. 

 There will be more than an average crop of rowen. Late potatoes are 

 suffering from blight. Fruit is about half an average crop. Pastures 

 are in excellent condition. Oats and barley have made good crops, 

 but were nearly all cut for hay. 



