15 



:n^otes of correspondents. 



(Returned to us October 25.) 



BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 



Egremont (J. H. Rowley). — Root crops have proved to be 

 average. Farm stock is in good condition. Fall seeding not in 

 very good condition ; growth small on account of the drought. 

 Taken as a. whole, prices for crops raised for market are fully up 

 to former years. Corn has been our most profitable crop and 

 apples our least profitable one, owing to the severe frost in May. 

 When compared with any one year in the last three the season has 

 been a profitable one. 



Monterey (Wm. S. Bidwell). — Root crops have proved to be 

 better than the average. Farm stock is in good condition. Fall 

 seeding is in fair condition. Prices for all crops have been less 

 than in former years. Dairy products have been most profitable 

 and potatoes least profitable. The season has been less profitable 

 than usual. Showers have wet the surface of the ground fre- 

 quently and have kept the fall feed fully equal to the average, and 

 dairy products yield a fair return. 



Alford (L. T. Osborne). — Root crops are above the average. 

 Farm stock is below the average in condition. Fall seeding is 

 badly injured by drought. The price of butter, apples, potatoes 

 and grain is lower than in former years. Dairying and poultry 

 products have yielded a profit, but there is little profit in the sale 

 of crops. Hay has been our most unprofitable crop, being very 

 light, owing to dry weather. Farmers have been troubled for 

 water and obliged to feed stock much more than common, which 

 reduces the profits. 



Richmond (T. B. Salmon). — Root crops have proved to be 

 average. Farm stock is in very good condition. Fall seeding is 

 in good condition. Prices for crops raised for market are below 

 the average. Hay has been our most profitable crop and potatoes 

 our least profitable one. Considered as a whole the season has 

 been a profitable one. 



Dalton (W. B. Barton). — Root crops are a good average. 

 Stock is not up to the average in condition as pasturage has been 



