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cent of it is good help. Wages average from $15 to $20 per 

 month with board and Si. 50 per day without board. Planting is 

 ten days late. 



Monson (F. D. Rogers). — The season is later than the normal. 

 The promise for pastures and mowings is better than usual. There 

 was a full bloom of apples, pears and plums ; peaches, 5 per cent. 

 Tent caterpillars are doing some damage. Farm help is scarce. 

 Wages average $20 per month with board and $1.50 per day with- 

 out board. More corn and fodder crops will be grown than usual. 



Palmer (0. P. Allen). — The season has been cold and back- 

 ward, but is now nearly up to the normal. Pastures and mowings 

 promise well. The bloom of all fruits has been exceptionally fine, 

 with the exception of peaches. Few insects have appeared as yet. 

 Spraying is not practised to any great extent. Farm help is rather 

 scarce, and about half of it is good. Wages average about $18 

 per month with board and $1.50 per day without board. There 

 are no marked changes in the acreage of farm crops. 



Holland (Francis Wight). — The season is rather backward. 

 Pastures and mowings are looking well ; fall seeding winter-killed 

 in spots. There is more than an average bloom of apples, pears, 

 peaches, plums and small fruits ; no frosts as yet. Insects have 

 not appeared as yet. Spraying is not much practised, and is not 

 increasing materially. Farm help is very scarce. Wages average 

 $1 per day with board and $1.50 per day without board. There 

 are no marked changes in the acreage of farm crops. 



WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Warren ( W. E. Patrick) . — The season compares favorably 

 with a normal one. Pastures and mowings promise well where not 

 winter-killed, but much was killed on low land ; fall seeding 

 wintered well. The fruit bloom is very full, and not injured by 

 frosts. No damage from insects worth mentioning. Very little 

 spraying is done, but I think the practice is increasing. Farm help 

 is more plenty than for several years, and possibly one-third of it 

 might be called good help. Wages average $20 per month with 

 board and $1.50 per day without board. There will be no change 

 in the usual acreage of farm crops. 



Spencer (H. H. Kingsbury). — The season is backward at 

 present. Pastures and mowings now promise liberal yields this 

 season. Fruits of all kinds show a very full bloom. Weather 

 conditions have thus far been unfavorable to insect life. There 

 has been very little spraying done in this vicinity. Help is 

 obtained at the agencies, and is not plenty. Wages average from 



