NOTES OF CORRESPONDENTS. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Easiham. — Crop of Indian corn an average one. Turnip crop 

 one-fourth short. Season fully an average one for our farmers. 

 There are quite a number of deserted farms in this town which 

 are for sale very cheap. 



J. A. Clark. 



Falmouth. — Crop of Indian corn as a whole is an average 

 one. Root crops as a rule are not up to an average in quantity 

 and quality. I think, on the whole, the season has not been a 

 profitable one for our farmers. The number of deserted farms in 

 this vicinity is greater than it was ten years ago. 



D. R. Wicks. 



BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 



Cheshire. — The crop of Indian corn is more than an average 

 one. Root crops are up to an average in quantity and quality. 

 I think, on the whole, this has been a profitable season for our 

 farmers. In my opinion, there are more deserted farms in this 

 vicinity than there were ten years ago. 



L. J. Northup. 



Great Barrington. — Crop of Indian corn an average one. 

 Less root crops planted than formerly ; quality an average. 

 There are no deserted farms in this town. There are some very 

 poorly cultivated, and some that ought never to have been culti- 

 vated at all. The same labor that has been spent on some of the 

 rough and unproductive acres, applied to other localities, would 

 have produced far better results in furnishing the comforts of 

 life ; while these same unproductive acres, left to the undisturbed 

 course of nature, would have been worth vastly more to-day than 

 they are with all their so-called improvements. Crops fairly good, 

 but prices low and weather decidedly against us. 



M. I. Wheeler. 



