advance of tlie normal and others that it is behind the normal. 

 This is probably due, making all necessary allowance for 

 local conditions, to the point of view of the individual, 

 whether he looks at the condition of vegetation, of farm work 

 or of early crops. 



Pastures ai^t> Mowi^stgs. 

 Grass started early but has not made as rapid a growth 

 as was promised, owing to cold weather and in some cases to 

 lack of precij)itation. ISTevertheless, the prospect for pastures 

 and mowings seems good at the time of going to press. Old 

 fields and many pastures suffered severely from the drought of 

 the late summer and autumn of 1909, and will hardly recover 

 so as to do well, except with very heavy rains for the first 

 weeks of June. Fall seeding generally wintered well, though 

 there was less put in last year than usual, and in some cases 

 the catch was below the average, 



FeUIT BLOOit. 



The fruit bloom was generally heavy, except for peaches, 

 where it is reported to be light. There is less complaint 

 of shortage of bloom on Baldwin apples than for several 

 years past. Small fruits bloomed fully. The bloom of 

 both orchard and small fruits was earlier than usual. The 

 frosts of the month did little damage in the western and 

 central counties, but in Middlesex and Essex counties there 

 were some complaints of damage. This frost damage be- 

 came more important in the southeastern counties, and in 

 Plymouth County especially appears to have been rather 

 serious. The early bloom on strawberries was reported as 

 injured in all sections of the State. There were many re- 

 ports of injury to asparagus from frost, and the injury to 

 this crop seems to have been fully as important as that to 

 the fruit crop. 



Insects. 



Insects appear to be about average in their development 

 and numbers. Cut worms appear to be more than usually 

 prevalent, and the gypsy and brown-tail moths seem to be 

 extending their areas and increasing in numbers, if the 



