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caterpillars are doing some damage. Garden crops remain to be 

 planted, corn and potatoes being about all in. Farm help is in mod- 

 erate supply, and there are very few good men after work. Wages 

 range from $20 to $25 per month, with board, and from $30 to $50 per 

 month and from $1.50 to $2 per day, without board. There are no 

 marked changes in the acreage of farm crops. 



Canton (Edwin V. Kinsley). — Vegetation is as forward as usual. 

 Pastures look well; mowings promise light crops; fall seeding wintered 

 well. There was an exceptionally full bloom on all fruits, especially 

 on apples and pears. Cut worms and tent caterpillars are quite 

 prevalent. Planting is a little backward, but the seed sown has 

 germinated very well. Farm help is scarce and poor. Wages average 

 $25 per month, with board, and from $1.75 to $2 per day, without 

 board. There will be more corn than usual planted. Streams are 

 failing fast. 



Norfolk (A. D. Towne). — The season is about two weeks late and 

 very dry. Twenty per cent of the fall seeding winterkilled; pastures 

 light. Bloom of apples and pears light, that of peaches and plums 

 full. Tent caterpillars are more numerous than usual. Potatoes are 

 nearh?- all planted and corn about one-third. Farm help is scarce and 

 half of it can be called good. Wages average from $25 to $28 per 

 month, with board, and from $1.75 to $2 per day, without board. 

 Corn and potatoes show about the usual acreage; oats, with or without 

 peas, for forage, double the acreage usually planted. The San Jos6 

 scale has killed manj^ trees and seriously damaged many more. Gj^psy 

 moths have been found in forty orchards. 



Franklin (C. M. Allen). — The season is a normal one. The 

 promise for pastures and mowings is good; fall seeding wintered 

 poorly. There is an average bloom of fruit and no damage from 

 frost. Codling moths are doing damage. Planting is completed. 

 Farm help is scarce. Wages average $25 per month, with board, 

 and $2 per day, without board. More corn and potatoes than usual 

 have been planted. 



Millis (E. F. Richardson). — The season is dry but farm work 

 is well advanced. Pasturage is dried up and fall seeding looks badly. 

 The fruit bloom is average, with no damage from frost. Insects have 

 done no damage as yet. Planting is a little backward. Farm help 

 is scarce and a little more than half of it good help. Wages average 

 $25 per month, with board, and $48, without board. There will be 

 less potatoes and more corn than usual planted. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Eastpn (Wm. N. How^ard). — The season is far below the normal, 

 on account of drought. Upland mowings will give a small crop; 

 fall seeding wintered well. The apple bloom was very good. Cut 

 worms are doing damage. Planting is progressing well. Farm help 



