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of late potatoes, they having suffered from blight in many instances. 

 There will be a very light yield of fruit at best, none in some localities. 

 Pasturage is in good condition. Root crops are very little raised. 



West Springfield (T. A. Rogers). — The warm weather of June and 

 July made an extra growth of stalk on corn, but the crop is not eared 

 well, and will be below the normal. Rowen is now doing well, though 

 late starting, on account of droutli. There will be about half a crop 

 of potatoes, nearly all fields having blighted. Apples are a poor crop; 

 pears full ; peaches a little below the normal ; grapes full ; quinces few. 

 There is about the usual acreage of tobacco, and it is mostly looking 

 well. Pastures are looking well since the recent rains. Oats are gen- 

 erally a good crop, though little raised. Some mangels and turnips 

 are raised, but not to any great extent. 



East Longmeadoiv (John L. Davis). — Indian corn is in very good 

 condition. There will be half a crop of rowen. Late potatoes are 

 almost all blighted, and the croj) will be very light; no rot as yet. 

 Fruit will be a heavy yield. Pasturage is very short, but the recent 

 rains have helped it somewhat. Oats and barley are average crops. 

 Turnips are raised for stock feeding, but not to the extent which they 

 should be. 



Wilbraham (Henry M. Bliss). — Indian corn is in excellent condi- 

 tion. Rowen will not be above half a crop, though the recent rains 

 have helped it, as well as feed in pastures. There will be a very light 

 crop of late potatoes, blight having appeared. The acreage of tobacco 

 is 90 per cent, and its condition 95 per cent. Apples half a crop ; pears 

 a three-fourths crop ; peaches 90 per cent, and cjuite extensively grown ; 

 grapes 100 per cent; cjuinces 70 per cent; cranberries 85 per cent. 

 Oats are a good crop. Root crops are little grown. 



Ludlow (Chas. B. Bennett). — Indian corn is in first-class condi- 

 tion. Rowen will give more than an average crop. Late potatoes 

 will be a very poor crop, with some blight and rot. Apples and pears 

 are light crops; no peaches; grapes very heavy. Pasturage is in ex- 

 cellent condition. Oats and barley are about average crops. Turnips 

 and carrots are grown, and are in good condition. Ensilage corn is 

 very early, and silos are being filled. Squashes and vines of aU lands 

 have made an unusually good growth. 



Palmer (0. P. Allen). — Indian corn is not as fully eared as usual, 

 but is otherwise in good condition. Recent rains have brought the 

 promise of a good crop of rowen. The crop of late potatoes is not as. 

 good as usual, but I have not noticed any rot. There is the prospect 

 of a very fair yield of fruit of all kinds. Recent rains have brought 

 pasturage into good condition. Oats and barley compare very favor- 

 ably with former years. Root crops are not grown to any large extent. 



