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KOTES OF COKKESPONDENTS. 



(Returned to us July 23.) 



BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 



Mount Washington (H. M. Weaver). — Potato bugs are doing 

 some damage. Corn is looking well now ; we have no silos. The 

 hay crop is above the average in both quantity and quality. Fod- 

 der corn is the only forage crop and is looking well. Pears, plums 

 and cranberries promise well. Pasturage is in exceedingly good 

 condition. Rye is a better crop than usual, but oats are about 

 the same. 



Alford (L. T. Osborne). — Corn is backward on account of wet 

 weather and is looking very badly ; perhaps one-third of the crop 

 will go into the silo. Hay is a much better crop than for some 

 years, but much of it will be cut too late. Potatoes promise to be 

 a fair crop, but excessive moisture is doing them much damage. 

 Apples will be half a crop and pears a full crop. Pastures are in 

 the best condition. Rye is a light crop, but oats and barley are 

 above the average. 



Tyringham (G. F. Kopp). — Potato bugs are doing some dam- 

 age. Corn is late, but is doing well now. Hay is extra good, 

 better than for years, but haying is much delayed by unfavorable 

 weather and much hay has been damaged. Potatoes are growing 

 well, but none have been dug as yet. Apples now promise to be 

 a fair crop. Pasturage is in extra good condition, in fact it was 

 never better. Rye, oats and barley are very good crops. Tobacco 

 is looking finely and now promises to be a good crop. 



Stockbridge (F. A. Palmer). — Currant worms, potato bugs and 

 the elm tree leaf beetle are doing some damage. Corn is very 

 backward for the time of year ; perhaps one-tenth of the crop will 

 go into the silo. Continued rains have given a heavy growth of 

 grass at the expense of quality. Corn is the principal forage crop 

 raised. Early potatoes are poor and late ; market-garden crops 

 bring good prices, but all crops are late. There will be a fair crop 



