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BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Bourne (D. D. Nye). — The present season is fully as good as 

 last year. Pastures and mowings are more promising than they 

 have been for several weeks. The apple bloom was very good, 

 other fruit average. Tent caterpillars are doing some damage. 

 Spraying is not practised except in two cases in town. Help is 

 scarce and three-fourths of it good. Wages are $25 to $30 per 

 month and $2 per day without board. The production of small 

 fruits is three-fourths that of general farming and is increasing 

 from year to year. 



'Falmouth (D. R. Wicks). — The season is about the same as 

 last year. Pastures and mowings are looking well since the rain 

 of the 19th. Apples made a very large bloom and pears and 

 peaches a fair one. Tent caterpillars and potato beetles are doing 

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

 scarce and not over 5 per cent is good help. Wages are from 

 $1.50 to 62 per day without board. Fruit production forms about 

 40 per cent of general farming and is on the decrease. Crops gen- 

 erally look as well as ever at this season of the year. 



Barnstable (John Burslet) . — The severe drought and extremes 

 of heat and cold make the season later than last year. All grass 

 is very small at the present time. Tent caterpillars are doing 

 some damage. There is but little spraying, except on cranber- 

 ries, and flooding is practised on them whenever practicable. 

 Farm help is scarce and 50 per cent is good. Wages are $20 per 

 month with board and $1.50 per day without. Fruits, including 

 cranberries, are fully 50 per cent of our market crops. 



Dennis (Joshua Crowell). — There is not much difference be- 

 tween this season and last year. Pastures and mowings have 

 suffered from extremely dry weather. The apple bloom was very 

 full and other fruit rather less than average. Tent caterpillars 

 and cranberry-vine worms are doing some damage. But little 

 spraying is done, except on cranberries ; the practice is increas- 

 ing. There is a moderate supply of help. Wages are from $20 

 to $25 per month with board and $30 to $35 without. If cranber- 

 ries are included, the production of fruit will bear the proportion 

 to general farming of nearly 2 to 1 , and it is increasing. 



Orleans (John Kenrick). — The season ?b very much behind 

 last year, owing to extreme drought. Grass will be thin, owing 

 to drought. Fall seeding wintered well. The fruit bloom was a 

 fair average. -The cranberry-vine worm and the asparagus beetle 

 are doing some damage. Spraying is extensively practised for 

 the cranberry worm and is increasing. But little hired help is 



