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:^rOTES OF CORRESPONDENTS. 



(Returned to us August 23.) 



BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 



Aljord (Lester T. Osborne). — Indian corn is much above the 

 average, conditions having been very favorable. Sweet corn is looking 

 finely, but is little raised for market. Rowen will be a better crop 

 than usual. There is some complaint of potato rot, but the crop is 

 about average in condition. Apples will be about an average crop. 

 Pasturage continues remarkably good. Oats and barley are about 

 average crops, but some oats are badly lodged. On the whole, the 

 year has been the most favorable for vegetation on record. 



Tyringham (Edward H. Slater). — Indian corn is in good condi- 

 tion. Sweet corn is not raised for market. Rowen compares favorably 

 with the normal in condition. Blight has appeared on several fields 

 of late potatoes. Very little tobacco is raised in town. The apple crop 

 is hardly up to that of previous years. The recent rains have kept the 

 pastures in good condition. A good crop of oats has been harvested. 



Washington (E. H. Eames). — Indian corn is a good crop, fully as 

 good as last year. Sweet corn is not raised for market. The prospect 

 for the rowen crop is as good as last year. Potatoes promise very well, 

 except for some rot and blight. Apples will be about an average crop 

 and pears half a crop. Pasturage is in good condition. Oats are a 

 full crop; barley not grown. 



Richmond (T. B. Salmon). — Indian corn will be about an average 

 crop. Sweet corn is not raised for market. The prospect is good for 

 the rowen crop. Potatoes promise well, with very little blight or rot 

 as yet. There will be very few apples; pears good; peaches and 

 grapes average. Pastures are in very good condition. Oats and 

 barley are up to average crops. Early potatoes have been a good 

 crop, and brought a good price. Fall apples are an average crop, but 

 winter fruit will be very poor in quality and small in quantity. 



Hancock (B. H. Goodrich). — Indian corn is a httle late, but is 

 making an excellent growth. Sweet corn is not grown for market. 

 Rowen will be less than a normal crop, as the first cutting was secured 

 late in the season. Potatoes promise well; blight has appeared, but 

 there is no rot worth mentioning. Apples are about half a crop for 

 the bearing year. Pasturage is in poor condition. There is about an 

 average crop of oats; barl(*y but little grown. 



