NOTES OF corkespo:n'dents. 



(Mailed to us June 29.) 



BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 



Becket (W. H. Snow). — Season has been cold and dry, and 

 some crops are backward. Corn is looking well and acreage is 

 greater than last year. Haying has not commenced yet, and will 

 not until after July 4. Very light crop, but is growing fast at 

 present. Early potatoes are looking well. Quantity of milk is 

 less ; price of butter fully as high as last year. Apple trees set 

 full, and as yet apples have not fallen off much. The outlook for 

 small fruits is good. 



Dalton (W. B. Barton, Jr.). — Indian corn is looking well; 

 fully as large acreage as last year and more ensilage. Haying 

 has commenced, and the prospect for a crop is good, though some 

 will be later than last year. Early potatoes are looking well and 

 the acreage is very large. Cherries appear to be a fair crop. 

 Plums set well, but are rotting some. Strawberries are plenty. 

 I believe everything looks better than one year ago. There will 

 be as much hay ; corn is certainly a week earlier ; apples have set 

 well and promise a large crop ; beef is high ; the creamery paid 

 for butter four and one-fourth cents more per pound for March 

 and seven cents more per pound for April than last year. 



Cheshire (L. J. Northup) . — The season as compared Avith last 

 year is about the same. Indian corn is looking fairly well, with 

 acreage about as last 3'ear. As a general thing haying has not 

 commenced. Early potatoes promise well, and I think the acreage 

 greater than last year. Dairy products do not vary much from 

 last season. The outlook for small fruits, such as strawberries, 

 cherries, plums, etc., is promising. 



Lee (A. Bradley). — For grass and corn the season is ten days 

 later than last. Corn stands well. Haying has not commenced. 

 For the last ten days grass has grown wonderfully, but will be 

 light on old meadows and sandy soil. Early potatoes promise 

 well at this date ; acreage larger than last year. Dairying is grow- 



