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IS^OTES OF CORRESPONDENTS. 



(Returned to us June 25.) 



BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 



Egremont (J. H. Rowley) . — Currant worms are doing some 

 damage. Corn is looking well, stand good but small, acreage 

 larger than usual. Haying has not commenced ; crop about as in 

 the two past years. Acreage of early potatoes less than usual but 

 an average crop indicated. Dairy products are fully up to the 

 average of recent years in quantity and price ; dairy stock in good 

 condition. Pastures are in fair condition, being much improved 

 by the rains. The outlook for fruits and berries is about average. 



Alford (L. T. Osborne). — There is no particular trouble from 

 Insects. Corn is standing well and the acreage is increased one- 

 fourth. Haying hardly begun ; not more than two-thirds of a 

 crop, on account of dry weather. Acreage of early potatoes about 

 as usual and promise of a full average crop. Prices of dairy 

 products a little lower than last year ; health of stock good. Dry 

 weather has prevented root growth in pastures and the condition 

 is not more than two-thirds of the normal. Apples promise to be 

 about half of a full crop ; hardly any pears and cherries. 



Richmond (T. B. Salmon). — Potato bugs and a small black fly 

 are doing some damage. Indian corn is in very good condition ; 

 acreage 90 per cent of former years. Very few have begun hay- 

 ing ; 75 per cent of a full crop will be cut. No market-garden 

 crops raised. Dairy products are fully up to the average in 

 quantity and price, and stock is in good health. Pasturage is in 

 better condition than last month as rain has made feed and kept 

 it green. Strawberries are a good crop ; raspberries winterkilled 

 badly and will not be more than half a crop ; blackberries good. 



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

 damage. Corn is backward but the acreage is about as usual. 

 Haying has not commenced but the crop looks better than last 

 year. The acreage of early potatoes is much less than in former 

 years but the crop looks well. Dairy products compare well with 

 former years in quantity, price lower ; health of stock good. 



