]N^OTES OF CORRESPONDENTS. 



(Mailed to us May 28.) 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



East Sandtvich. — The season is very wet, and there are many 

 cold nights. A frost the 21st did considerable damage to cran- 

 berr}^ bogs. Very little help is employed, except by the day. 



J. R. HOLWAY. 



BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 



Dalton. — There seems to be a tendency to raise more horses 



in this section. The outlook appears more favorable than ever 



before. The only thing to draw back is wages paid farm help ; 



but, by using the machinery obtainable, many are doing their own 



work, and our market is better than ever. 



AV. B. Barton. 



Egremont. — The indications for farm products are fully as good 

 now as ten years ago, and farmers are realizing the surrounding 

 condition of things, and are curtailing their expenses to bring 

 them within the income of the farm. This makes a great differ- 

 ence in their favor in the balance sheet at the end of the year. 



J. H. Rowley. 



Hancock. — The season promised to be an earl}^ one, but we 

 have had so much rain that farm work is quite backward, and not 

 more than two-thirds of the planting is done. 



C. H. Wells. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Berkley. — The season thus far has been very wet, and, as a 

 result, grass is looking very well. Early potatoes have come up 

 badly, having rotted in the ground. Strawberry plants are look- 

 ing well and promise a good crop. 



R. H. Babbitt. 



