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with board and from $1 to $1.50 per day without board. Staple 

 crops will have about the usual acreage ; more fodder crops are 

 being sown than usual. 



Danvers (C. H. Preston). — The season is late at present. 

 Pastures and mowings are in good condition, and fall seeding win- 

 tered well. The fruit bloom was very full, but was injured by late 

 frosts. Tent caterpillars are doing some damage. Spraying is 

 largely practised and is on the increase. Farm help is scarce. 

 Wages average about $20 per month with board and about $35 

 per month without board. There will be no marked changes in 

 the acreage of farm crops. Many crops will have to be replanted 

 owing to the heavy rains ; potatoes and early corn suffered most. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Franklin (C. M. Allen). — The dry weather last season left all 

 grass roots weak. There was an immense fruit bloom of most 

 fruits. Very few insects have put in an appearance as yet. 

 Spraying is but little practised with perhaps a small increase. 

 Farm help is scarce and not above 15 per cent of it is good help. 

 Wages average $20 per month with board and $1.50 per day with- 

 out board. The acreage of hay and grain grows less and that of 

 fruit and garden crops greater. 



Norfolk (Geo. E. Holbrook). — The season is very backward 

 except for fruit trees. Pastures are doing well and mowings look 

 well, with the exception of some winter-killing. Peach trees suf- 

 fered badly from frost ; apples show a heavy bloom. No insects 

 have appeared as yet. Hardly any one is spraying. Good help is 

 scarce, but there is poor help enough. Wages range from $15 to 

 $20 per month with board and from $25 to $40 per mouth without 

 board. There is no change to speak of in the acreage of farm 

 crops. 



Canton (E. V. Kinsley) . — The season is a good average one. 

 Pastures and mowings look remarkably well ; seeding done very 

 late in the fall but wintered well. There was a very full fruit 

 bloom ; cherries, peaches and strawberries suffered in some locali- 

 ties by the frosts of the 10th and 11th. No insects have appeared 

 except a few tent caterpillars. Very little spraying is done but 

 some attention is being given to the subject. Farm help is rather 

 scarce ; good help very scarce ; one eighth perhaps good help. 

 Wages are from $15 to $18 per month with board and $1.50 per 

 day without board. The paramount interest of every farmer in 

 this section is the production of milk for family use, probably 600 

 cows being kept in this town to supply retailers. 



