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NOTES OF CORRESPONDENTS. 



(Returned to us August 26.] 



BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 



Sheffield (Dwight Andrews). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. It has been too dry for the rowen crop. Winter apples 

 do not promise to be up to the average. Potatoes are a good 

 crop, though there is some complaint of blight and rot. Corn is 

 better than an average crop. Fodder crops are all looking well. 

 It has been too dry for pasturage. Oats are a better crop than 

 last year. 



Becket (Wm. H. Snow). — Grasshoppers are doing some 

 damage. Rowen does not promise to be a very good crop and 

 will be late. There will be very few winter apples, particularly 

 Baldwins. Potatoes promise to be a large crop. Corn is looking 

 well. Fodder crops all look well. Pasturage is getting short and 

 dry. Oats are more than an average crop. 



Lee (A. Bradley). — There will be very little rowen. Winter 

 apples promise a fair crop, about 70 per cent of a full crop. 

 Potatoes are a full crop. Corn is better than usual ; 110, as com- 

 pared with an average crop. All fodder crops are doing well. 

 Pasturage is in good condition. Oats are much better than last 

 year. All crops are much above several years past, but our 

 pastures have not yet fully recovered from the drought of the last 

 two years. 



Richmond (T. B, Salmon). — Rowen promises to be a good 

 crop. Winter apples will be a very fair crop. The prospect for 

 potatoes is good. Corn shows a large stalk, but the ears are 

 small and not very well filled out. Fodder crops for green feed- 

 ing are doing well. Pastures are very short and dry. Oats are 

 above an average crop ; grain better filled and acreage larger than 

 usual. 



Hiyisdale (S. M. Raymond). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. There is scarcely any rowen and the crop will be very 

 poor. Winter apples are a very poor crop and what there are are 

 very small. Prospect for potatoes very good ; not a large yield, 

 but quality good. Corn promises to be a very good crop. Fod- 

 der crops are doing very well. Pasturage is in poor condition. 

 Oats were a much better crop than last year. 



