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JS^OTES OF CORKESPONDENTS. 



(Returned to us August 23.) 



BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 



Sheffield (Dwight Andrews) . — Corn is backward and is look- 

 ing badly. Rowen never promised better. Potatoes are looking 

 badly and I have noticed blight and rot. Tobacco is in full aver- 

 age condition, apples half a crop, pears good, peaches good and 

 grapes good. Pasturage is in fine condition. Oats and barley are 

 better crops than last year. Farmers are paying increased atten- 

 tion to poultry of late and think it pays as well as cows. 



Neiv Marlborough (L. P. Keyes). — Corn has made a fair 

 gi'owth during the past three weeks and the outlook is good. Early 

 cut meadows have a large crop of rowen. Blight has struck pota- 

 toes and they have commenced to rot ; tubers small and yield light. 

 Apples half a crop ; pears, peaches and grapes looking finely. 

 Pastures are in good condition. Oats made a full average growth, 

 but were damaged by wind and rain. Farmers are paying much 

 more attention to poultry and find it pays much better than dairying. 



Becket (W. H. Snow). — Indian corn is very late and is rust- 

 ing. Rowen is good where the first crop was cut early. All 

 potatoes show blight and there is some complaint of rot. Apples 

 are poor, but pears are a full crop. Pasturage is in fine condition. 

 Oats and barley are full average crops. Not many farmers pay 

 much attention to poultry, but those that do find it profitable. 



Lee (A. Bradley). — Indian corn is very near a full crop. 

 Rowen promises considerably more than an average crop. Late 

 potatoes promise to come within 10 per cent of a full crop. Apples 

 are a three-fourths crop and pears an average crop. Pasturage is 

 in very good condition. Oats and barley have been very poor 

 crops. Not much attention is paid to poultry. 



West StocJcbridge (W. C. Spaulding). — Corn is backward, the 

 season having been too wet. Rowen is more than an average in 

 yield. The leaves and stalks of potatoes are withering, but there 

 is as yet little complaint of rot. .All fruit crops promise to be light. 



