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Farm help is plenty, and but a small proportion of it is good help. 

 Wages average from S18 to $20 per month with board and $30 

 per month without board. There will be about the usual acreage 

 of farm crops. 



Newbury (Geo. W. Adams). — The season is very late, wet and 

 cold. The prospect for pastures and mowings is good, and fall 

 seeding wintered fairly well. There is an average fruit bloom, 

 with no damage from frosts. Tent caterpillars are the only insects 

 present as yet. Perhaps one-tenth of our farmers spray, with a 

 slight increase from year to year. Farm help is very scarce and 

 poor. Wages average $18 to $30 per month with board and from 

 $1.50 to $2 per day without board. There will be no changes in 

 the acreage of the usual farm crops. 



Tojjsfield (B. P.Pike). — The season is now very promising. 

 Mowings and pastures were never in better condition. Apples 

 made a very full bloom, other fruits fair; peaches winter-killed. 

 No insects have appeared as yet. Spraying is not much practised, 

 and is not increasing. Farm help is scarce, and very little of it is 

 first class. Wages average from $18 to $25 per month with board 

 and from $1.50 to $1.80 per day without board. The acreage of 

 farm crops is not as large as in former years. 



Danvers (C. H. Preston). — The season is late. Pastures and 

 mowings promise well, and fall seeding wintered well. Apples 

 made a fair bloom, pears fair, peaches few, plums good ; small 

 fruits winter-killed. Tent caterpillars are doing some damage. 

 Farm help is scarce. Wages average from $35 to $40 per month 

 without board. There will be no marked changes in the acreage 

 of the usual farm crops. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Canton (E. V. Kinsley) . — Spring work is backward, but vege- 

 tation is advanced to the normal. Pastures and mowings are 

 above average in condition ; fall seeding winter-killed in spots. 

 Apples and plums made a very full bloom ; peaches and pears very 

 light : no damage from frost as yet. No damage by insects at 

 this time. There is very little spraying done in this section, and 

 no increase. Farm help is scarce, and not 10 per cent of it is 

 good help. Wages average about $20 per month with board and 

 $1.50 per day of nine hours without board. There are no changes 

 in the acreage of farm crops to be noted at this time. Prices of 

 milk about the same as last summer, and supply at this writing 

 ample. 



Walpole (E. L. Shepard). — The season is late, cold and wet, 



