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with board and $1.50 per day without. The acreage of farm crops 

 will be fully up to former years. 



Swansea (F. G. Arnold). — The season is very favorable. 

 Pastures and mowings look well. Fruit trees are blooming well ; 

 the frosts of the 10th and 11th injured peach buds. Tent cater- 

 pillars are doing some damage. Very little spraying is being done. 

 Wages are $20 per month with board and from $1.25 to $1.50 per 

 day without board. Owing to the short hay crop of last j'ear a 

 larger acreage of millet and fodder corn will be planted. 



Westport (A. S. Sherman). — The season is about an average 

 one. Pastures look finely ; mowings promise very well ; fall seed- 

 ing in good condition. All kinds of fruit trees bloomed abundantly, 

 but the peach crop suffered from frosts. No insects have appeared 

 as yet. Very few practise spraying, but those who have done so 

 speak well of it. Farm help is plenty and one fourth of it good 

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

 day without board. The culture of all kinds of grain is on the 

 decline. Ha}' and the production of milk is the principal industry. 



Acushnet (M. S. Douglas). — The season is a fair one at 

 present. Pastures are in good condition and mowings excellent; 

 fall seeding wintered well. Asparagus beetles and tent caterpillars 

 have made an appearance. Spraying is little practised, but is on 

 the increase here. Farm help is plenty but not experienced. 

 Wages are from $18 to $20 per month with board and from $1.25 

 to $1.50 per day without board. Farmers in this vicinity are 

 largely interested in market gardening and poultry, together with 

 small fruits. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 



Brockton (Davis Copeland). — The season is about a week 

 late. The apple bloom was very full but it was injured somewhat 

 by frost. The green plant louse is doing considerable damage 

 to lettuce and tomatoes. Very little spraying is done. Good help 

 is scarce but there is plenty of poor help. Wages are about $20 

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



Hanson (F. S. Thomas, M.D.). — The season is cold, back- 

 ward and wet. Pastures and mowings promise well, and fall seed- 

 ing wintered well. The fruit bloom was the best in years but 

 suffered somewhat from frost. Tent caterpillars are doing some 

 damage, but not much. Very little spraying is done. Farm help 

 is plenty and most of it is quite good. Wages are from $1.50 to 

 $2 per day without board. There will be no marked change in the 

 acreage of the usual farnfcrops. 



