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NOTES OF CORRESPONDENTS. 



(Returned to us August 23.) 



BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 



Sheffield (Dwight Andrews). — Indian corn is looking well. 

 Rowen promises to be a full average crop. The prospect for late 

 potatoes is very good, but blight has appeared. Tobacco is not 

 up to the average in condition. There will be less than an average 

 crop of all kinds of fruit. Pastures are looking well. Oats and 

 barley are full average crops. Poultry raising is getting to be 

 quite an industry here, and the income derived from it is fully equal 

 to that from the dairy. 



Otis (S. H. Norton). — Indian corn is looking well. Rowen 

 will be about an average crop. Potatoes are making a fair yield 

 with no blight. Apples and pears will be very light crops. Past- 

 ures are in fair condition. Oats are a full average crop. While 

 every farmer keeps a few hens few make a business of poultry 

 raising. 



Lee (A. Bradley) . — Indian corn is very nearly up to the nor- 

 mal. Rowen will not be over one-fifth of an average crop. The 

 prospect for late potatoes is first-class, and no blight or rot has as 

 yet appeared. Apples are 60 per cent of a full crop and grapes 

 100 per cent. Pasturage is a little off in condition. Oats and 

 barley were very nearly full crops. The attention of farmers is 

 being more and more called to poultry. There is always a great 

 demand for poultry products, and this demand is constantly in- 

 creasing, which necessitates the importation of large quantities 

 each year. 



Stockbridge (F. A. Palmer). — Indian corn is doing nicely but 

 is rather late. The prospect for rowen is good, but it is not up to 

 an average crop. The prospect for late potatoes is very fine, with 

 no blight as yet. There is about a half crop of apples and pears ; 

 grapes good ; no peaches. Pastures are only fair as the season is 

 rather dry. Oats are less than an average crop, but are the best 

 crop for three years. Our farmers are doing more each year in 

 poultry, but as yet very little as compared with the dairy interests. 



