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NOTES OF CORRESPONDENTS. 



(Returned to us Oct. 22.) 



BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 



Egremont (J. H. Rowley) . — Root crops are up to the usual 

 average. Farm stock is in No. 1 condition. Fall seeding is in 

 fairly good shape. Full average prices have prevailed for crops 

 raised for market. Corn has been our most profitable crop and 

 apples our least profitable one. The season has been a profitable 

 one for farmers in this vicinity. 



Alford (L. T. Osborne). — Root crops are up to the usual 

 average. Farm stock is hardly up to the average in condition 

 owing to injury to pasturage from early frost. Fall seeding is in 

 average condition. Prices have been better than for some years 

 on nearly all crops except onions. Hay and corn have been our 

 most profitable crops and oats and buckwheat our least profitable 

 ones. The season has been a profitable one, more so than for 

 some years. 



West Stockbridge (Wm. C. Spaulding). — Root crops are in 

 good condition ; especially potatoes, which are abundant and 

 excellent. Farm stock is in very good condition on the whole. 

 Fall seeding is in fair shape and that put in early is forward. 

 Prices have been about as usual for all crops. Corn and oats have 

 been our most profitable crops and grass our least profitable one. 

 The season has been a good one on the whole. 



Lee (A. Bradley). — Farm stock is in good condition. Prices 

 have ranged about as usual except for hay, where the price 

 has been 15 per cent off. Apples are a fair crop, quality No. 1. 

 Hay an average crop, quality good. Potatoes an average crop, 

 quality No. 1. Cabbages fully an average crop. Considered as 

 a whole, the season has been profitable and farmers have done 

 well. 



Becket (Wm. H. Snow). — Root crops have proved to be about 

 average. Farm stock is not in quite as good condition as last 

 year, owing to feed being short. Fall seeding is in very good 

 shape, but has not made as good growth as some years. Prices 

 for crops raised for market have been about as usual. Corn and 



