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damage are canker worms, cut worms, wire worms, bud 

 moths, asparagus beetles and onion maggots. 



Spraying. 

 As in past seasons we can say that spraying against 

 insects attacking fruit appears to be constantly increasing, 

 but that at best the spread of the practice is slow. We 

 would again urge all farmers, whether fruit is a main crop 

 with them or merely a side line, to spray, both with insecti- 

 cides and fungicides, as the cost is small and the returns 

 immediate and certain. 



Farm Help and Wages. 

 There seems to be a fair supply of good farm help, though 

 the supply of strictly first-class help is, as always, less than 

 the demand. The proportion of farm help that may be 

 classed as good appears to ba increasing from year to year, 

 and this year is no exception. Wages average about $18 

 per month with board, and from $30 to $35 per month 

 without board. Wages for day work average $1.25 per day, 

 with $1.50 in the busy seasons. 



Acreage op Farm Crops. 

 There will probably be even less change than usual in 

 the acreage of farm crops. About the only item worthy of 

 note is a promised slight increase of the acreage of tobacco 

 in the tobacco-growing district, though there may also be a 

 slight increase in the acreage of forage crops and of corn for 

 the silo. No new enterprises in agriculture are reported. 



