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normal crop. Root crops are not much grown; celery and cabbage 

 good crops. There are not many apples; pears and grapes plenty. 

 Onions are selling at from 40 to 45 cents per bushel. There has been 

 a fine curing season for tobacco, and there is no pole sweat. 



Erving (Charles F. Clark) . — Indian corn compares favorably with 

 the normal. Rowen and fall feed are a little below the usual average. 

 About the usual amount of fall seeding has been done, and is greatly in 

 need of rain. Onions are not raised here. Potatoes are below the 

 normal in yield. The prospect is fair for root crops, celery and other 

 late market-garden crops. 



New Salem (Daniel Ballard) . — The corn crop is fully up to the 

 normal. Rowen and fall feed are less than the usual average. There 

 has been but little fall seeding as yet, and what has been done needs 

 rain. Potatoes are below the normal in yield, but of fair quality. But 

 little is done here with root crops, onions, celery and late market- 

 garden crops. There is a fair yield all round of fruit. This has been 

 an extremely dry September, the roads are beds of dust, brooks are 

 low and many wells have failed. 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 



Prescott (W. F. Wendermuth), — Corn is a good average crop, 

 perhaps above the average. Rowen was a fair crop, but fall feed is 

 very poor and short. Scarcely any fall seeding has been done. Onions 

 are not grown here. Potatoes are not more than half a normal crop, 

 but are of fair quality. Root crops, celery and other late market- 

 garden crops are not grown to any extent. Apples are from 70 to 80 

 per cent of a normal crop; pears fair; grapes good; other fruits little 

 grown. Apples have ripened early, and, owing to continued drought, 

 have fallen badly. Many smaller streams are dry, and the same is 

 true of wells and springs. 



Enfield (D. O. Chickering). — Indian corn is a good crop, above the 

 average. Rowen and fall feed are not up to the usual average. Very 

 little has been done in fall seeding. Onions are not raised to any 

 extent. Potatoes are about half an average crop, except on low land, 

 where they are good. There will be about half a crop of apples; j^ears 

 good; peaches and grapes about average. 



Belchertown (H. C. West). — The crop of Indian corn is one of the 

 best for years. Rowen was a fair crop, but fall feed is feeling the dry 

 weather. The usual amount of fall seeding has been done, and is look- 

 ing fairly well. No onions are raised hereabouts, but plenty are offered 

 for sale. Potatoes are a two-thirds crop in yield and of good quality. 

 The prospect is fairly good for root crops and late market-garden crops 

 if we have rain soon. Fruits are from one-half to two-thirds crops, 

 except pears, which were nearly an average yield. All late crops will 

 be short unless we have rain soon. 



