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month without board there is a corresponding increase in 

 the wage paid. Day wages ordinarily average about $1.25 

 with $1.50 in the busy seasons. Wages above $1.50 are 

 unusual, though in some cases as high as $2 per day is 

 paid. 



Acreage of Farm Crops. 



As expected, there are no marked changes in the acreage of 

 farm crops and but few new enterprises in agriculture. A 

 slight increase in the acreage of potatoes is, however, indi- 

 cated ; also, a slight increase in the tobacco acreage where 

 this crop is grown. The only strictly new enterprises in 

 agriculture reported are a proposed sugar beet enterprise in 

 Essex county and an experiment in hop growing in Dukes 

 county. 



