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KOTES OF COREESPOl^DENTS. 



[Returned to us August 25.] 



BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 



Egremont (J. H. Eowley). — Corn is iu good condition, though 

 about ten days late. The prospect for rowen is better than for 

 the last two years. All potatoes are blighted and the yield is light. 

 Apples will be a good crop. Pasturage is in good condition ; grass 

 fresh and growing. Oats and barley are average crops, though 

 insects and rust have injured oats. Poultry raising is on the 

 increase. 



West Stockhridge (Wsi. C. Spaulding). — Corn is first-rate, ex- 

 cept on very dry or poor land. Rowen is better than an average 

 crop. Potatoes are blighted and there is some rot, though it is not 

 bad as yet. Apples are very good ; few pears, peaches or grapes 

 and no cranberries. Pastures are very good, especially where not 

 fed too closely. Oats are said to be a better crop than last year. 

 Not much attention paid to poultry. The hot weather appears to 

 have affected early apples ; about the 15th they were dropping fast, 

 but are not dropping so much since it became cooler. 



Dalton (J. S. Barton), — Indian corn is in very fair condition. 

 Eowen promises a full average crop. Potatoes looked well the 

 first part of the season, but blighted later, and there is now some 

 complaint of rot. Apples good, not many pears, no peaches, grapes 

 poor and no cranberries. Pasturage seems very good except on 

 dry land. Oats are a better crop than last year. A few farmers 

 pay attention to poultry, but it is not general. 



Windsor (H. A. Ford) . — Indian corn is fully as good as usual. 

 The outlook for rowen is good. Potatoes are rather light, being 

 not much over 50 per cent of last year's crop ; little rot. Apples 

 will be quite a good crop. Pastures have not been so good for 

 several years. Oats and barley are about average crops. Not 

 much poultry in this town. 



Hancock (C. H. Wells). — Corn is in excellent condition. 

 Rowen promises to be better than an average crop. Most potato 



