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West Springfield. — Potatoes are rotting some, but the yield is 

 large, selling at forty or fifty cents per bushel. Turnips are a 

 partial failure. Cabbages abundant and very cheap. The rowen 

 now being cut is generous. Sweet-corn was never better ; one 

 farmer here reports thirteen thousand ears of Early Minnesota to 

 the acre. 



J. N. Bagg. 



WilbraJiam. — Corn has improved very rapidly the past month, 

 and with fifteen days of warm weather in September will be nearly 

 an average crop. Crops are generally good. There has been an 

 abundance of rain since March. 



H. M. Bliss. 



Wilbraham. — If frosts hold off until September 20, we may get 

 an average crop of corn. There must be an unusual amount of 

 soft corn if we have early frosts. Potatoes and rowen are turning 

 out well. Apples are plenty on the mountain, but none on the 

 plain. 



F. E. Clark. 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 



Belchertown. — Corn, owing to the favorable conditions of the 



weather for the last month, has made rapid progress and is nearly 



up to the average of past years ; a full average crop may safely 



be looked for. Pastures hold out remarkably, and rowen is far 



above average years. 



II. C. West. 



Goshen. — Corn is of good growth, but two weeks late. Pas- 

 tures looking well. Potatoes of good growth and of excellent 

 quality ; no rust has yet appeared. Beans late and uneven ; many 

 pole varieties refuse to climb. Apples promise well. With few 

 exceptions, gardens are backward. There has been a slight frost 



on low grounds ; little or no damage. 



Alvan Barrus. 



Plainfield. — Corn I rate at 100. For growth, it is ten days 

 late, and if the weather continues cold it may get frosted. 



S. W. Clark. 



