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In the circular to correspondents returnable May 29 the 

 following questions were asked : — 



1. How does the present season compare, agriculturally 

 speaking, with last season ? 



2. How has live stock wintered in your vicinity? 



3. What is the condition of the grass roots of pastures 

 and mowings, and has fall seeded grain wintered well in 

 your vicinity ? 



4. What proportion do the fruit blossoms bear to the 

 bloom of former years ? 



5. What insects appear to be doing the most damage in 

 your neighborhood, and what measures are being taken to 

 prevent their ravages ? 



6. Has your town accepted the act of the present Legis- 

 lature (chapter 78, Acts of 1893), authorizing towns to 

 appropriate money for the extermination of insect pests 

 within the limits of the highways? 



7. What wages, with board and without board, are paid 

 farm help in your vicinity? 



Returns have been received from one hundred and twenty- 

 seven correspondents, and from these the following summary 

 has been made : — 



The Season. 



Most correspondents state that the season is from one to 

 two weeks later than last year, though several regard it as 

 only a few days later, and a very few consider it to be fully as 

 early. Some speak of it as cold and wet, but the majority 

 state that, aside from its lateness, it will compare favorably 

 with last year. Last year most of the correspondents 

 referred to the season as being either late or backward. 



Live Stock. 



Fully three-fourths of the correspondents refer to live 

 stock as having wintered either well, remarkably well or 

 finely. Most of the others state that it has wintered fairly 

 well, and in only two instances is the condition spoken of as 

 poor. Several correspondents state that the supply of hay 

 ran short, but that the condition of live stock was kept up 

 either by purchasing hay or feeding grain. 



