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HAMPDEN COUNTY. 



Chester (C. Z. Inzell). — Indian corn is looking well. Rowen will 

 be about a normal crop. There is some blight on late potatoes. Apples 

 will be a light crop. Pasturage is good, but is getting a little dry. 



Tolland (Eugene M. Moore). — Indian corn has a large growth of 

 stalk, but is a little slow in earing out. There will be more than an 

 average crop of rowen. All potatoes are struck with bhght, and some 

 are rotting. Apples will be a light crop; pears about average; wild 

 berries more than average. Feed in pastures is getting short. Oats 

 have made a large growth, more than average. 



Russell (E. D. Parks). — Indian corn is very good, up to the average 

 or better. Sweet corn is not raised for market. Rowen will be about 

 an average crop. Late potatoes are not doing well, and there is blight 

 on many fields and some rot. Tobacco is but httle raised, but the crop 

 is an excellent one. There is not an abundant crop of apples or peaches; 

 pears are above an average. Pastures were very good up to last week, 

 but are getting very dry now. Oats and barley are fully up to average 

 crops. Ensilage corn is looking finely. 



Agawa77i (J. G. Burt). — The condition of Indian corn is good. 

 Sweet corn is raised for market, and is in good condition. The pros- 

 pect for rowen is good. The prospect is good for late potatoes, and 

 there is Uttle rot. There is a good acreage of tobacco, and a fine crop. 

 There are not many apples, but pears, peaches and grapes are good 

 crops. Pasturage is in good condition. Oats and barley are about 

 average crops. 



West Springfield (N. T. Smith). — Indian corn is above the average, 

 coming forward rapidly on account of hot weather. Sweet corn is 

 quite extensively raised for market, and is in good condition. The 

 rowen crop will be heavy where the first crop was taken off early, but 

 much grass was cut late, on account of bad weather. Late potatoes 

 are not quite up to the average, judging from those dug; some blight, 

 but no rot. The acreage of tobacco is slightly increased, and it is in 

 fine condition. Apples are not over 25 per cent of a crop; pears full; 

 peaches and grapes half crops. Pasturage is unusually good for the 

 time of year. Oats and barley are not raised, except for fodder; oats 

 suffered from rust. 



Chicopee (E. L. Shaw). — Indian corn is maturing very fast, and is 

 an excellent crop. There is a small quantity of sweet corn raised, and 

 it is a good crop. Rowen is a little above the average. The prospect 

 for late potatoes is fairly good, but some fields show blight. Apples 

 are very poor; pears good; peaches little raised, but crop fair; grapes 

 plenty. Few pastures here, but they are in good condition. Oats are 

 about an average crop. 



East Longmeadow (John L. Davis). — Indian corn is making a good 



