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not very much practised, but is increasing somewhat. Good help 

 is scarce. Wages average $20 per month with board and Si. 50 

 per day without board. 



Princeton (A. 0. Tyler). — The season is backward. The 

 prospect for pastures and mowings is good, and fall seeding 

 wintered well. Apples and pears made a good bloom ; peaches 

 poor ; small fruits good. No insects have appeared as yet. Very 

 little spraying is done, and I do not think it is increasing. Farm 

 help is scarce, and only a small proportion of it good help. Wages 

 average $18 to $25 per month with board and $1.50 to $2 per day 

 without board. There will be an increased acreage of potatoes 

 this year. 



Bolton (H. F. Hatnes) . — Pastures and mowings look well. 

 Full bloom of apples and plums ; no peaches ; no frosts to injure. 

 No insects have appeared as yet. Some few spray, but there is 

 no appreciable increase. Farm help is scarce. Wages average 

 $20 to $25 per month with board and $1.50 per day without board. 

 Planting is so late that it is impossible to estimate as to the acreage 

 of farm crops. 



Worcester (S. A. Burgess). — The present season is a good 

 average one. The promise for pastures and mowings is very good. 

 There is quite a full bloom for all fruits, and no damage from frosts. 

 Tent caterpillars are doing some damage. Spraying seems to be 

 on the increase. Some kinds of help are plenty, and about one- 

 fourth of it is good. Wages average $25 per month with board 

 and $1.50 per day without board. There are no marked changes 

 in the acreage of farm crops. 



Hopedale (Delano Patrick). — The season is about average, 

 but the cold, wet weather has delayed planting. Pastures and 

 mowings are promising, and fall seeding looks well. There is a 

 bountiful supply of fruit blossoms, and no frosts to injure them. 

 No insects are doing much damage. Spraying is but little prac- 

 tised, and I think is not on the increase. Farm help is very scarce, 

 and but little good help. Wages average $1.75 per day without 

 board. There are no marked changes in the acreage of farm 

 crops. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 



Hopkinton (W. V. Thompson). — The season is a favorable one. 

 Pastures and mowings promise well. There is a full bloom for all 

 kinds of fruits except peaches, and no damage from frost. No 

 insects have shown up as yet. Spraying is not practised in this 

 locality. There is about the usual acreage of all farm crops. 



Sherhorn (N. B. Douglas). — The season is a trifle later than 



