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good; no damage from frosts. Brown-tail moth caterpillars are doing 

 some damage. More than the usual amount of planting has been done. 

 There is little difficulty in getting good help. Wages average $25 per 

 month with board and S2 per day without board. There will be an 

 increased acreage of corn. 



Maynard (L. H. Maynard) . ^ The season is somewhat backward, 

 owing to cold and cloudy weather. Pastures and mowings promise 

 well and fall seeding wintered well. The fruit bloom was average, 

 with no damage from frosts. Brown-tail moths are doing considerable 

 damage and gypsy moths are also in evidence; cut worms are very 

 plenty and potato bugs have made their appearance. Planting is pro- 

 gressing rapidly. Farm help is scarce and good help hard to find. 

 Wages average from $20 to $25 per month with board and from $1.50 to 

 $2 per day without board. The acreage of farm crops will be about 

 the same as usual. A considerable number of apple and pear trees 

 have been killed by the San Jose scale. 



Westford (J. W. Fletcher). — Pastures and mowings promise well 

 and fall seeding wintered well. Apples and pears showed a good bloom ; 

 frost did some damage on small fruits. Planting is progressing well. 

 Farm help is scarce and it is difficult to get good help. Wages average 

 $25 per month with board and range from $45 to $50 per month with- 

 out board. There will be a large increase in the acreage of corn. 



Dunstable {A. J . Gihsoi^) . — The present season compares very 

 favorably with the normal. Pastures and mowings promise well and 

 fall seeding wintered well. The bloom of apples, pears and small fruits 

 was heavy, peaches and plums none; no damage from frost. There 

 are no insects doing damage at present. Planting is progressing 

 rapidly. Farm help is very scarce, but what there is is very good. 

 Wages average $1.25 per day without board and from $9 to $10 per 

 week. There will be increased acreages of corn and potatoes. 



Billerica {E. F. Dickinson). — The season opens favorably, but 

 rain is needed. Pastures and mowings are in average condition and 

 fall seeding wintered well. There is a full fruit bloom, except peaches, 

 which were light. Brown-tail moth caterpillars are very numerous. 

 Planting is progressing well and will be completed earlier than usual. 

 Wages range from $20 to $25 per month with board and farm help is 

 scarce. More field corn than usual will be planted. Many fruit trees, 

 especially apples, have been set out. 



Concord (Wm. H. Hunt). — Spring opened about ten days early, 

 but the weather for May has been cold. Pastures, fall seeding and 

 mowings are looking well. There has been a good bloom on all fruits. 

 Gypsy and brown-tail moths are increasing in the woodlands. Plant- 

 ing is earlier than usual. Cheap farm help is plenty, but good help is 

 scarce. Wages average $23 per month with board and $40 without 

 board. The acreage of farm crops is about the same as usual. Late 

 spring frosts injured asparagus and strawberries considerably in this 

 vicinity. 



