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well. Small fruits, plums, cherries and pears bloomed fuller than 

 for years, apples about half. Tent caterpillars and cut worms 

 are doing some damage. Spraying is practised but slightly but is 

 possibly increasing. Help is somewhat scarce and very little 

 could be called good. Wages are $18 per month with board 

 and $1.50 per day without. Not as many potatoes and more 

 corn than usual will be raised. Should judge that more attention 

 is being paid to poultry. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Attleborongh (Isaac Alger) . — The season is about normal. 

 Pastures and mowings are now promising and it is a long time 

 since I have seen them look so well. Apples made a small bloom, 

 pears full, and the early varieties of strawberries are making a 

 great show of bloom. Spraying is not practised to any great 

 extent. Farm help is scarce and about 25 per cent is good. 

 Wages are $16 to $20 per month with board and $30 to $40 with- 

 out. There are no marked changes in the acreage of farm crops. 



Raynham (N. W. Shaw). — The present season is fully up to 

 the average. Pastures are good and mowings look well ; fall 

 seeding above an average. The fruit bloom is much larger than 

 usual for an odd year. Currant worms are doing some damage. 

 Spraying is practised to a small degree, but is on the increase. 



Help is plenty, but only a small proportion is good. The acre- 

 age of farm crops will be smaller than usual. No new agricul- 

 tural enterprises. 



Dighton (J. N. Paul). — The present season compares very 

 favorably with the normal. Pastures and mowings promise well 

 and fall seeding wintered well. The fruit bloom is not as good as 

 usual, very few apples, pears or peaches. Cut worms are doing 

 some damage. Spraying is practised somewhat and is increasing. 

 Farm help is plenty, but very little of it is good. Wages are $10 

 to $20 per month with board and $1.00 to $1.50 per day without. 

 More strawberries are being set this year than usual. The plants 

 wintered well and the fields are looking extra good. 



Dartmouth (L. T. Davis). — The season is a little cooler than 

 the normal. Pastures and mowings promise well and fall seeding 

 wintered well. Apples made a scant bloom, plums very full, 

 peaches fair and small fruits good. Spraying is not practised at 

 all to speak of. There is about the usual quantity and quality 

 of help. Wages are from $15 to $20 per month with board and 

 $1.25 to $1.50 per day without. There is no marked change in 

 the acreage of the usual farm crops. 



