2. What is the promise for pastures and mowings, and 

 did fall seeding winter well ? 



3. How did the bloom of apples, pears, peaches, plums 

 and small fruits compare with the bloom of former years, 

 and has it suffered from frosts ? 



4. What insects are doing the most damage in your 

 locality ? 



5. How is planting progressing ? 



6. Is farm help scarce or plenty, and what proportion can 

 be called good help ? 



7. What are the average wages paid farm help in your 

 vicinity, with board ? Without board ? 



8. Will there be any marked change in the acreage of the 

 usual farm crops, particularly corn and potatoes, and do you 

 note any new enterprises in agriculture ? 



Returns were received from 129 correspondents, and from 

 them the following summary has been made up : — 



The Season. 

 The month opened about normal, and has been rather cold, 

 cloudy and unpleasant. Vegetation seems to be fully up to 

 the normal, and birds and early plants made their appearance 

 at about the usual time. So far as farm work is concerned, 

 the season seems to be behind the normal, from a week to 

 ten days being the popular estimate. This is due to the 

 prevalence of unpleasant rather than stormy weather, tending 

 to prevent plowing and planting. There has been a light 

 rainfall for the month, in spite of the large number of days 

 on which some rain has fallen, and there is need of more 

 rain soon for most crops. The prevalence of easterly and 

 northerly winds has made the month seem much colder than 

 it has really been. 



Pastures axd Mowings. 

 Pastures and mowings were somewhat injured by the long 

 drought of last fall, and in some cases have not entirely re- 

 covered. The cool, clamp weather has had an excellent effect 

 on grass of all kinds, and elsewhere thev are generally in 



