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board and $1.50 per day without board. Potatoes are planted more 

 extensively this year than usual. 



Dartmouth (L. T. Davis). — The season is nearly or quite two 

 weeks late. Pastures and mowings are coming along quite well, 

 and fall seeding looks very well. Apples made a fair bloom, pears 

 medium, plums and small fruits a fair average. Only tent cater- 

 pillars are doing any damage as yet. Spraying is very little prac- 

 tised in this section. Farm help is not at all plenty, and the 

 greater part of it is rather poor. Wages average from $20 to $25 

 per month with board and from $1.25 to $1.75 per day without 

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

 crops. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 



Brockton (Davis Copeland). — The season is about an average 

 one. Grass looks well except where ice killed it, and fall seeding 

 also. There was a very full bloom of apples ; no peach bloom, 

 trees badly killed by frost. Farm help is plenty, and about 5 per 

 cent of it is good help. Wages average from $15 to $25 per 

 month with board and from $6 to $10 per week without board. 

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



Marshfield (J. H. Bourne). — The season is rather unfavorable 

 for everything but grass. Pastures and mowings are in good con- 

 dition, and fall seeding looks well except in low places, where it 

 winter-killed. The fruit bloom was good, except for peaches and 

 Baldwin apples. Tent caterpillars are the only insect that has 

 appeared. Spraying is little practised, but is slightly on the in- 

 crease. Farm help is plenty, and about one-third of it is good 

 help. Wages average from $18 to $20 per month with board and 

 $1.50 per day without board. There will be an increased acreage 

 of potatoes. 



Hanson (F. S. Thomas, M.D.). — The season promises much 

 better than last year at this time. Grass is growing very rapidly 

 and luxuriantly. The fruit bloom was never better, and has not 

 suffered from frosts. There is no special trouble with insects. 

 Spraying is but very little practised by our farmers. There is a 

 fair supply of fair help. There are no marked changes in the 

 acreage of the usual farm crops. 



Plymjytoyi (Winthrop Fillebrown). — The season is very wet, 

 with less frost than for years, and planting is backward. Mowings 

 and pastures are in first-class condition, and fall seeding the best 

 for years. Apples and small fruits promise very well ; pears had 

 a small bloom ; peaches and plums winter-killed badly. There are 

 fewer insects this year than usual. Spraying is practised more 



