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Groton. — Season two to throe weeks early. Currant worms 

 arc doing the most damage. Good help plenty, at twenty dollars 

 per mouth or one dollar and iifty cents per day. Outlook never 

 better. Abundance of rain since May 15. No frosts since May 

 15. 



Daniel Needham. 



North Heading. — Season two weeks early. Little damage by 

 insects to date, (rood help plenty, at twenty dollars per month 

 and board. Outlook very favorable. We were favored with 

 excellent weather for planting, but about the middle of May crops 

 on high land began to suffer for rain. The rain of the 20th and 

 21st restored and improved all crops. 



N. B. Case. 



NANTUCKET COUNTY. 



Nantucket. — Season three weeks early. Very hard to get any 

 help at any price. Outlook very fair. Potatoes are rotting very 

 badly in the ground. Very dry throughout the month, so that 

 seeds are very slow in starting. Rainfall for month of May, 

 3.07 inches ; all since May 20. 



C. W. Gardner. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Dedkam . — Season two weeks early. Cut worms and caterpillars 

 are doing the most damage. Help is plenty, but poor, at fifteen 

 to twenty dollars per month. Outlook good. Strawberries did not 

 run any last year, so that the crop will be small. Potatoes and 

 peas arc looking well. 



S. C. French. 



Dover. — Season twelve days early. Good help not plenty; 

 costs from eighteen to twenty-three dollars per month and board. 

 Outlook very good. 



S. M. COLCORD. 



3[e<lwa>j. — Season eighteen days early. Tent-caterpillars are 

 doing the most damage, (iood help rather more plenty than 

 usual, at sixteen to twenty dollars per month, with board and 

 washing. The canneries are doing only a small business, which 

 gives rather a discouraging look for fanners. Apples are look- 

 ing well, on such trees as bear this year ; but it is the " off year" 

 for apples in this vicinity. 



Monroe Morse. 



