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NOTES OF CORRESPONDENTS. 



(Returned to us June 23.) 



BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 



New Marlborough (E. W. Rhoades). — Grasshoppers are rather 

 numerous. Indian corn is looking well; very little is put into the silo. 

 Hay harvest is on with a heavy crop of good quality. Corn and millet 

 are the principal forage crops grown and are making good growth. 

 Garden crops are in fine condition and early potatoes yield well. Pears 

 and grapes promise full crops; no plums; apples only fair. Pasturage 

 is in excellent condition. Rye is a heaAy crop; oats good where not 

 rusted. 



West Stockbridge (J. S. Moore). — Potato bugs are proving more 

 destructive than last year. Corn is looking well; only one silo in town. 

 The hay crop is much heavier and of better quality than for the past 

 three or four years. Pastures are unusually good and but little forage 

 crops have been put in. Potatoes look very promising, none dug as 

 yet. Late frosts affected apples; pears quite plenty. Rye, oats and 

 barley are about average crops. 



Lee (A. Bradley) . — Potato bugs are the only insects doing damage. 

 Corn is above the average in condition and 10 per cent of the crop is 

 grown for ensilage. Hay is a large crop of first class quality. Corn is 

 our principal forage crop. Potatoes are promising unusually well. 

 Apples will not be more than half a crop. Pasturage is in fine condition. 

 Rye is a full crop and oats nearly so. 



Becket (Wm. H. Snow). — Potato bugs are unusually plentJ^ Corn 

 is late and a large proportion of the crop will be put into the silo. Hay 

 is fully an average crop of good quality. Corn and millet are our princi- 

 pal forage crops. Garden crops are late, but potatoes look finely. The 

 prospect for the fruit crop is very poor, probably injured by frost. 

 Pastures are in good condition. Rye, oats and barley are full average 

 crops. 



Dalton (Wesley B. Barton). — Potato bugs are doing some damage. 

 Indian corn is in good condition and half the crop will be ensiled. The 

 hay crop is good in quantity, but has been somewhat injured in getting 

 by bad weather. Japanese millet and peas and oats are our principal 

 forage crops and have done well. Potatoes are not promising well and 

 show some blight. Apples will be a 25 per cent crop ; j^cars 20 per cent ; 



