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ably two of these sprayings could be dispensed with, except 

 possibly when the codling moth is the insect to be especially 

 combated, in which case the first spraying should be made 

 immediately after the falling of the blossoms. If it is de- 

 sired to use fungicides in connection with insecticides, either 

 Paris green or arsenate of lead may be mixed with Bordeaux 

 mixture in the same proportions as with water. 



Farm Help and Wages. 



Farm help seems to be plenty in most cases, though there 

 is the usual complaint as to the difficulty of securing really 

 first-class help. If anything, there is perhaps a little more 

 good help to be had than in former years. Some corre- 

 spondents speak of foreigners, mostly Poles and Portuguese, 

 as making good help, with experience. Wages vary widely 

 in range. Perhaps the average wage is from $16 to $20 per 

 month and board. Without board wages are about $10 

 higher, $35 with house rent and garden patch being paid in 

 some cases. Wages by the day range from $1.25 to $2. 

 Probably $1.25 is paid in the great majority of cases, the 

 higher rates being those which prevail in haying and harvest- 

 ing time. 



Fruit Production. 



The answers to question 8 varied so widely that it is very 

 difficult to summarize them satisfactorily. It is safe to say 

 that the production of fruits and small fruits is generally in- 

 creasing throughout the State. In the eastern sections the 

 proportion to general farming seems to be much greater than 

 in the central and western portions. This is probably due 

 to their comparative nearness to market, and the increased 

 interest in the cultivation of small fruits arising from it. In 

 some sections crops like strawberries and cranberries form 

 the greater proportion of the farm products. In the western 

 portions of the State apples are practically the only fruit 

 grown for market, though some growers make specialties of 

 other fruits. 



