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some damage. There is no spraying being done. Farm help is very 

 scarce with half of it good help. Wages are $2 per day without board 

 and $20 per month with board. There are no marked changes in the 

 acreage of farm crops and no new enterprises in agriculture. 



Mashpee (W. F. Hammond). — The season is below the average agri- 

 cultui'ally speaking. Pastures and the hay crop jjroniise to be short ; 

 fall seeding wintered well. The fruit bloom was about an average one. 

 Fire worms and cut worms are doing some damage. Spraying has not 

 been practised to any extent. Farm help is plenty and three-fourths of 

 it is good help. Wages are about $32 per month without board and 

 about $20 per month with board. There will be about the usual acre- 

 age of farm crops, but there is a marked tendency in favor of grass and 

 small fruits. 



Barnstable (John Bursley). — The season is ten days late Pastures 

 and mowings are very short and need rain and warmer weather. The 

 fruit bloom was a full average one. Tent caterpillars are doing some 

 damage. Spi'aying is but very little practised and is not increasing. 

 Farm help is scarce with half of it good help. Wages are about $20 per 

 month with board and about $1.50 per day without board. There will 

 be no marked changes in the acreage of farm crops. Continued cold, 

 dry weather is causing considerable uneasiness among farmers who 

 have stock to feed. 



Dennis (Joshua Crowell). — The pi-esent season is about an aver- 

 age one. The outlook for pastures and mowings is not good ; fall 

 seeding wintered well. The fruit bloom is the best for three years. 

 The cranberry vine worm is doing some damage, other insects not 

 plenty as yet. Spraying is practised against cranberry insects and the 

 practice is inci-easing. There is a fair supply of help and probably half 

 of it is good. Wages are $20 to $25 per month with board and $1.50 

 per day without board. I note but few changes in the acreage of farm 

 crops. 



Breivster (J. H. Clark). — The season is very cold and dry. Pastures 

 and mowings are very backward, but fall seeding wintered well. The 

 fruit bloom Avas fully up to the average. Cranberry worms and tent 

 caterpillars are doing some damage. Very little spraying is done here. 

 Help is plenty and the greater part of it it is good. Wages are $1.50 

 per day without board and $20 per month with board. There are no 

 marked changes in the acreage of farm crops. 



Truro (D. E. Paine). — The season is very backward. Pastures and 

 mowings are in poor condition ; fall seeding wintered well. The fruit 

 bloom compares favorably with other years. Potato beetles are doing 

 some damage. Spraying is very little practised. Farm help is plenty 

 and most of it good help. Wages are from $12 to $15 per month with 

 board and from $30 to $35 per month without. There are no marked 

 changes in the acreage of the usual farm crops. 



DUKES COUNTY. 



West Tisbury (Geo. Hunt Luce). — The season is a good average 

 one. Mowings are looking well and pastures are in good avei'age 

 condition. There are very few, if any, insects doing damage at 

 present. Spraying is practised to some extent. The suj)ply of farm 

 help is about equal to the demand. Wages are $1.50 per day without 

 board and from $10 to $30 per month with board. There are no marked 

 changes in the acreage of farm ci-ops ; one new enterprise is hop grow- 

 ing, a few acres having been set out as an experiment. 



