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each year. Farm help is scarce, but what there is is good. 

 Wages average $20 to $25 per month with board and from $1.50 

 to $1.75 per day without board. There will be a slight increase in 

 field crops this year. 



Carver (J. A. Vaughan). — The season compares well with a 

 normal season. Grass in both pastures and mowings is looking 

 well, and growing very fast. There is a full bloom, of all fruits 

 except peaches. But few insects have appeared as yet. Spraying 

 is practised to a small extent, but is increasing. Farm help is 

 scarce, and mostly foreign. Wages average $20 per month with 

 board and $1.50 per day without board. A large acreage of cran- 

 berry bog has been made. 



Wareham (A. B. Savart). — The season is very backward, 

 but promises well with warm weather. Pastures and mowings 

 promise well, and fall seeding wintered well. The season is so 

 backward that few fruit trees have blossomed ; most peach trees 

 winter-killed. There are few insects as yet. Spraying is but little 

 practised, but is increasing slowly. Farm help is very scarce, and 

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

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

 no marked changes in the acreage of farm crops. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Bourne (D. D. Nye). — The season compares favorably with 

 the normal. The promise for pastures and mowings is fine, and 

 fall seeding wintered well. The fruit bloom compared favorably 

 with former years, and has not suffered from frost. Tent cater- 

 pillars are doing some damage. Spraying is but little practised, 

 and is not increasing. Farm help is scarce, and half of it is good 

 help. Wages average $20 per month with board and $1.50 per 

 day without board. Planting is about two-thirds completed. 



Mashpee (W. F. Hammond). — The season is below the normal. 

 Pastures and mowings are above the average in condition. All 

 fruit trees and small fruits have bloomed very full, and have not 

 suffered from frost. Tent caterpillars and cut worms are doing 

 some damage. There is very little spraying done here. Wages 

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

 There is no marked change in the acreage of the usual crops. 



Harioich (A. N. Doane). — The season is very favorable. The 

 prospect is good for a large hay crop. Fruit trees are looking 

 much better than usual, but peach trees suffered from the cold of 

 winter. Tent caterpillars are doing some damage. Not much 

 spraying is done except on cranberry vines. Farm help is scarce, 



