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all, an increasing desire for intelligence in all that pertains to 

 agricnlturc. 



The following table, compiled by the secretary of the Com- 

 monwealth, from returns made by the assessors of the diflferent 

 towns, May 1st, 1864, may not be without interest in showing 

 the value of real estate, the number of horses, cows and sheep 

 in the several towns in Southern Berkshire : — 



T O W X S . 



Real Estate. 



Horses. 



Cows. 



SIiccp. 



Egremont, 



Great Barrington, 



Lee, 



Montague, 



!New Marlborough, \ 



Otis, 



Sandlsfield, . 



Sheffield, 



Stockbridge, . 



Tyrlngham, . 



"West Stockbridge, 



Alford, . 



Mount Washington, 



$332,700 00 



1,376,500 00 



925,915 00 



233,535 00 



410,417 00 



182,150 00 



429,900 00 



859,400 00 



710,420 00 



213,600 00 



459,974 00 



201,998 00 



71,066 00 



1,422 



3,873 



802 



1,259 



651 



640 



416 



2,178 



2,343 



662 



3,133 



1,893 



84 



Of the thoroughbred stock bred and kept in Southern Berk- 

 shire, I have been unable to obtain an accurate account, and can 

 give only such information as I could get with the time and 

 means at my command. Of the pedigree of the animals, and 

 sources from which they were obtained, I have failed of gaining 

 any knowledge. William T. Wilcox, of Sheffield, has two bulls 

 and two cows of improved Shorthorns. Henry Burtch, also of 

 Sheffield, has one Shorthorn bull and three heifers. George 

 Higginson and John Winthrop, of Stockbridge, have each Short- 

 horn bulls and cows. Charles Spurr, of Sheffield, has two 

 Hereford cows. Charles Hudson, also of Sheffield, has one 

 Jersey bull. William Stanley, of Great Barrington, has one 

 Jersey bull and five Jersey cows and heifers ; also one Ayrshire 

 bull and two cows and heifers ; also two Chester County boars 



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