NOTES OF CORRESPONDENTS. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Dennis. — No peaches grown in this vicinity this season. The 

 peculiarities of the season have affected dairy products very little. 

 Farmers in this immediate vicinity are not generally interested in 

 agricultural fairs. 



Joshua Crowell. 



Eastham. — Very few peaches grown in this vicinity, and the 

 crop is so uncertain few care to grow them. The peculiarities of 

 the season affected dairy products favorably in quantity. Farm- 

 ers in this vicinity not so much interested in agricultural fairs as 

 they should be. Season very dry from the middle of August to 

 the 18th of September. Since then plenty of rain, which is favor- 

 able for the turnip crop, — an important crop in this section. 



J. A. Clark. 



BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 



Cheshire. — There are no peaches in this vicinity. The outlook 

 for success in the future cultivation of this fruit is not very flatter- 

 ing. The peculiarities of the season have tended to increase the 

 quantity of dairy products, but prices are much less than usual. 

 Agricultural fairs interest the farmers quite considerably, although 

 our fairs seem to be horse fairs rather than agricultural. 



L. J. N©rthup. 



Great Barrington. — But few peaches are grown here, and the 

 outlook for success in the future cultivation of this fruit is not 

 good. The quality of the grass has been against first-class dairy 

 products. Farmers are decidedly interested in agricultural fairs. 

 The result of the season for this locality may be summarized thus : 

 A large crop of hay, badly damaged by rains at harvest ; rye me- 

 dium, oats very light, — both damaged by rains ; corn a full aver- 

 age ; potatoes less than half a crop from blight and rot, the very 

 earlier ones suffering the least ; buckwheat a full crop, but liable 

 to injury from rain before it can be harvested. 



M. I. WllEELER. 



