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is not looking as well. There is a very good fruit bloom, with no 

 damage from frost as yet. Tent caterpillars are working somewhat, 

 also some brown-tail moth caterpillars. Potatoes are about all 

 planted, and a good deal of corn, both field and sweet corn; some 

 garden truck remains to be planted. Farm help is quite scarce, and 

 there is very little good help. Wages range from $15 to $30 per 

 month with board and from $1.50 to $2 per day without board. I 

 think there will be more corn than usual planted, owing to the high 

 prices of grain. 



Westford (J. W. Fletcher). — The season is about an average one. 

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

 well. There is a full bloom for all fruits, and no damage from frost. 

 The brown-tail moth caterpillars are numerous. Planting is pro- 

 gressing well. Good help is scarce. Everyone is planting corn. 



Dunstable (A. J. Gilson). — The season is from ten days to two 

 weeks later than the normal. Pastures and mowings promise well, 

 and fall seeding wintered very well. The bloom on apples and peaches 

 is very light; pears, plums and small fruits compare well with other 

 years; no damage from frost. Insects are very scarce at present. 

 Planting is progressing slowly. Farm help is very scarce. Wages 

 range from $20 to $25 per month with board and from $9 to $10 per 

 week without board. The acreage of corn and potatoes will be in- 

 creased this year. 



Concord (Wm. H. Hunt). — The season is about average, but the 

 last week has been very cold. Fall seeding has done well, and pastures 

 and mowings look well. Fruit trees have blossomed quite well, and 

 strawberries look unusually well. There are a good many tent cater- 

 pillars and brown-tail moth caterpillars. About the average amount 

 of planting has been done. There is plenty of poor help, but good 

 help is scarce. Wages range from $15 to $25 per month with board 

 and are about $17 more per month without board. Some farmers 

 have planted less garden truck and more Indian corn than usual. 



Lincoln (C. S. Wheeler). — The season is two weeks late. Pastures 

 and mowings are in good condition, and fall seeding wintered well. 

 Apples made a fair bloom; pears good; peaches and plums fair; 

 small fruits generally good. Gypsy moth caterpillars are doing some 

 damage. Cold and wet weather has delayed planting, and some 

 sweet corn will be replanted. Farm help is fairly plenty, and half of 

 it is good. Wages range from $20 to $25 per month with board and 

 from $35 to $40 per month without board. There will be no great 

 change in the acreage of farm crops; if anything, there will be more 

 sweet corn and ensilage corn planted than usual. 



Winchester (Samuel S. Symmes). — Field crops are backward, but 

 foliage is about normal. Pastures and mowings are in fine shape, and 

 fall seeding wintered well. The apple bloom is heavy, except on 

 Baldwins; other fruits show full blooms. There are very few insects 



