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very plenty. Thei'e is not much spraying done hei'e but more than 

 formerly. Farm help is scarce and one- fourth is good help. Wages are 

 $1 50 per clay without board and from $20 to $25 per month with board. 

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

 ries are looking finely where they were not winter-killed. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 



Brockton (Davis Copeland). — The season is a little late, and cold 

 and dry. The promise for pastures and mowings is fairly good on good 

 land. The fruit bloom is about three-fourths of a full bloom. The 

 season is so late that not much damage has been done by insects as yet. 

 Very little spraying is done in this locality. Farm help is plenty, but 

 the percentage of good help is very small. Wages are from $1.25 to 

 $1.50 per day without board and from $12 to $25 per month with board. 



Bridgewaler (Rowland Cass). — The season is late with cold 

 weather prevailing. Pastures are in fair condition, mowings not prom- 

 ising at present; eai - ly sown fall seeding wintered well, late sown, 

 poorly. Fruit trees blossomed full. Tent caterpillars are doing some 

 damage. Spraying is not practised in this vicinity. Farm help is plenty 

 enough and most of it is good. Wages are $18 per month with boai'd 

 and $1.50 per day without board. Potatoes show an increased acreage, 

 other crops about normal. 



Pembroke (Nathaniel Morton). — The season is colder than usual 

 and the absence of rain retards crops. Pastures and mowings do not 

 promise well ; fall seeding is in fair condition. Apple trees, with the 

 exception of Baldwins, made a full bloom, peaches very poor, peai'S 

 very good. No insects are doing any particular damage. Spraying is 

 not generally practised. Farm help is scarce and a large proportion is 

 good help. VVages are $1.50 per day without board ; our farms are 

 small and few are hii;ed with board. There are no marked changes in 

 the acreage of farm crops and no new enterprises in agriculture. 



Kingston (Geo. F. Churchill). — The season is very late. Pastures 

 and mowings are in fair condition and fall seeding wintered well. The 

 fruit bloom was better than for two yeai's past Tent caterpillars are 

 doing some damage. There is veiy little spraying done and the prac- 

 tice does not increase. Farm help is scarce. Wages are a $1.50 per 

 day without board; few are hired with board. There are no changes in 

 the acreage of farm crops and no new enterprises in agriculture. 



Carver (J. A. Vaughan). — The season compares well with an aver- 

 age one. Pastures and mowings are in fair condition and fall seeding 

 wintered well. The fruit bloom was about average. There are no 

 insects doing damage as yet except a few tent caterpillars. Farm help 

 is not as plenty as last year but is generally good. Wages are $1.50 

 per day of nine hours without board. There are no special changes in 

 the acreage of farm crops. 



Wareham (A. B. Savary). — The season is about three weeks late. 

 Pastures and mowings are looking well ; very little fall seeding is done. 

 The fruit bloom was above the average. Very few insects have ap- 

 peared as yet owing to the cold weather. There is practically no spray- 

 ing clone in this vicinity. Good help is scarce, the summer people taking 

 the best. Wages are from $1.25 to $2 per day without boai'd and from 

 $15 to $20 per month with board. The acreage of farm crops is about 

 as usual. In some localities strawberries winter-killed to some extent. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Bourne (D. D. Nye). — The season is very backward compared with 

 last year Pastures promise well, mowings look light ; fall seeding is 

 doing well. There was a fair fruit bloom. Tent caterpillars are doing 



