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Norfolk. — Season three weeks early. Tent-caterpillars are 

 present in large numbers. Good help not plenty; costs fifteen 

 to twenty dollars per month. Outlook good. Have had enough 

 rain, and need sunny days for best results. 



J. W. HlNKLEV. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 



Halifax. — Season two weeks early. Caterpillars are doing the 

 most damage. Good help not plenty ; costs one dollar and fifty 

 cents per day. Outlook excellent. I have never seen a season 

 when the outlook was better than the present for an excellent 

 harvest. Grass is looking finely; and, with good weather to har- 

 vest it, the barns will be filled. 



G. W. Hayward. 



Hanson. — Season two weeks early. The tent-caterpillar (Clis- 

 iocampa Americana) I never saw half as plenty in town before. 

 We did not have more of this caterpillar than usual last year, but 

 in riding through Duxbury I saw a most wonderful sight. The 

 road was fringed with cherry, etc., and the trees were completely 

 covered with nests, which often extended on the grass around the 

 tree eight or nine feet. We have them this year. Good help is 

 not plenty ; costs one dollar and fifty cents per day. The out- 

 look is good. 



Flavel S. Thomas, M. D. 



Kingston. — Season two weeks early. Cut worms and cater- 

 pillars are our chief plagues at present. Good help is very scarce, 

 and commands two dollars per day. The outlook is excellent. 

 Plenty of nfln. Light frost the 27th, doing but little damage. 



J. H. CUSHMAN. 



Marshfield. — Season ten days early. The common caterpillar, 

 in the cherry and orchard, is doing the most damage. Good help 

 not plenty ; the best costs twenty-live dollars per month. The 

 fore part of May was dry; the last, there have been heavy rains. 

 Pastures in Plymouth County never looked better. The general 

 prospect is good. 



G. J. Peterson. 



