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NOTES OF CORRESPONDENTS. 



(Returned to us September 28.) 



BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 



Egremont (J. H. Rowley). — Corn is an average crop, though 

 not up to last year. Rowen aud fall feed are not up to the usual 

 average. The average amount of fall seeding has been done, and, 

 though drought retarded the growth somewhat, late rains have 

 improved it so that it is now in good condition. Commercial 

 fertilizers are used in fall seeding, at the rate of from two to three 

 hundred pounds per acre. Potatoes are average in quantity but 

 not in quality. The apple crop is almost a complete failure. 



Lee (A. Bradley). — Corn is a full average crop. Rowen and 

 fall feed are about eighty-five per cent of the usual average. Late 

 potatoes are a light yield, of very small size ; early potatoes aver- 

 age. The apple crop is good in some sections and very light in 

 others. 



Richmond (0. F. Smith). — Corn is about a three-fourths crop. 

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

 average amount of fall seeding has been done, and is in fair con- 

 dition. Onions are an average crop. Potatoes are below average 

 in quantity but of fine quality. The prospect for root crops is 

 good. The apple crop is almost a total failure. 



Hancock (C. H. Wells). — Corn will compare favorably with 

 an average crop. Rowen and fall feed are not up to the average. 

 Very little fall seeding has been done, and no fertilizers of any 

 amount beside stable manure are used. Onions will be a light 

 crop, owing to dry weather and maggots. Potatoes are an aver- 

 age crop in quantity and quality. The prospect for root crops is 

 good. Apples are a light crop. 



Cheshire (L. J. Northup). — Corn is twenty per cent less than 

 an average crop. There is but little rowen or fall feed. The 

 average amount of fall seeding has been done, but it seems a little 

 backward. Fertilizers are used to some extent in fall seeding. 

 Potatoes are a full average crop, of good quality without rot. Root 

 crops are looking their best. Apples will be a fair crop in sheltered 

 localities. 



