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NOTES OF CORRESPONDENTS. 



(Returned to us August 24.) 



BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 



Sheffield (Dwigiit Andrews). — Indian corn looks to be a fair 

 crop. Rowcn is not up to the average. The prospect for late 

 potatoes is good, though there is some blight. Tobacco promises 

 to be a full average crop. Apples will give an average yield. 

 Oats have been a short crop. Pastures are now very dry. Poultry 

 raising is quite an industry, and the income derived from it aver- 

 agea fully up to that from the dairy. 



Otis (S. H. Norton). — Corn is looking well but is rather late. 

 Rowen will be a light crop. Potatoes are looking well ; no rot as 

 yi-t. Apples and pears will give full average crops. Pastures are 

 in fair condition. Oats are a full average crop. Poultry raising 

 is on the increase, and some farmers say that it pays better than 

 dairying. 



Alforcl (L. T. Osborne). — Indian corn is much above the aver- 

 age in condition and promises a large yield. The prospect is for 

 a very light crop of rowen, about 60 per cent of the normal. Late 

 potatoes will be nearly an average crop. Apples are above a 

 normal crop and pears are an average one. Pasturage is below 

 the average in condition. Oats and barley are a little above the 

 average. Farmers are paying more attention each year to poultry 

 keeping. The income derived from it is perhaps one-eighth of 

 that derived from the dairy, and we think the income from fifty 

 hens will equal that from one cow. 



Stockbridge (F. A. Palmer). — Corn is a little late, but is doing 

 very nicely. Rowen will not be over 70 per cent of a full crop. 

 Late potatoes are a light crop, but no blight or rot has appeared 

 as yet. Apples and pears are good crops ; no peaches. Pasturage 

 is only in fair condition, having suffered from drought. Oats and 

 barley are up to par. Very little is done in poultry with us. 



Richmond (T. B. Salmon). — Indian corn is very late, owing 

 to dry weather. Rowen will be less than an average crop. Late 

 potatoes will be about a two-thirds crop ; blight has appeared, but 

 there is no rot as yet. The prospect for apples and pears is good ; 

 very few peaches and grapes. Pasturage is short. Oats and 



