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and good help about one in ten. Wages average S20 per month 

 with board and $1 per day without board. There are no marked 

 changes in the acreage of farm crops, and no new enterprises in 

 agriculture. 



Canton (E. V. Kinsley) . — The season is later than the normal, 

 but promising. Pastures and mowings look finely, and fall seed- 

 ing wintered well. Apples made a normal bloom ; pears, peaches, 

 plums and cherries a very full bloom. No noxious insects have 

 made their appearance. Not much spraying is done, though some 

 interest in the process is manifested. Farm help is not plenty, 

 and there is very little good help. Wages are from $15 to $25 

 per month with board and from $1.25 to $1.50 per day without 

 board. Dairying for milk to supply family trade is constantly 

 increasing. 



Medfield (Geo. R. Chase). — The season is good for grass, but 

 ■other crops are backward. Pastures and mowings are in good 

 •condition, and fall seeding wintered well. The fruit bloom was 

 very abundant, except for apples. Spra3nng is practised but 

 little, and is possibly increasing slightly. Farm help is scarce, 

 and one-third of it is good help. Wages are from $18 to $22 per 

 month with board and about $40 per month without board. The 

 acreage of corn will be increased about 10 per cent. 



Millis (E. F. Richardson) . — The season is late and wet. Past- 

 aires and mowings are in good condition, and fall seeding wintered 

 well. The fruit bloom is much lighter than usual. Insects have 

 not appeared as yet. Spraying is practised to quite an extent, and 

 is on the increase. Good farm help is scarce. Wages range from 

 $17 to $24 per month with board and average $1.50 per day with- 

 out board. There are no marked changes in the acreage of farm 

 crops, and no new enterprises in agriculture. 



Franklin (C. M. Allen). — The season promises fairly well at 

 present. The dry weather of last summer will make mowings thin, 

 although the spring has been excellent for them ; fall seeding win- 

 tered well. Apples made a very light bloom, all other fruits very 

 good. No insects have appeared as yet. Only a few spray their 

 fruit trees, but the practice is increasing. Farm help is plenty, 

 but none of it is good without an overseer. Wages range from $15 

 to $22 per month with board and are about $1.50 per day without 

 board. There are no marked changes in the acreage of farm crops. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Attleborough (Isaac Alger). — The season is above the aver- 

 age, agriculturally speaking. Pastures and mowings never looked 

 Itetter. Apples made a small bloom, pears average, plums full. 



