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frosts. There is very little spraying iu this vicinity. Farm help 

 is very scarce, and not over a third of it is good help. AVages 

 average 820 per month with board, and $30 without board. There 

 will be a very large acreage of potatoes. 



Tetvksbury (G. E. Crosby). — Rain and warmer weather are 

 sadly needed. Apples made about half a normal bloom; pears 

 and plums good ; peaches light. Cut worms are doing some dam- 

 age. Spraying is but little practised here. Farm help is more 

 plenty than last year, and rather better. Wages average $1 per 

 day and from $12 to $25 per month with board. There will be 

 few changes in the acreage of the usual farm crops. 



Concord (Wm. H. Hunt). — The season is late, and has been 

 very dry. Fall seeding wintered well, and mowings look well. 

 Pears and apples have blossomed full, and there has been no injury 

 from frost. There are few tent caterpillars this year. The 

 practice of spraying does not increase very rapidly. It is difficult 

 to get good farm help, aud only a small part of it is first class. 

 Wages average from $20 to $25 per month with board, and $1.75 

 per day without board. The crops grown are about the same as 

 usual. 



StoneJiam (J. E. Wiley). — The season is not up to the average. 

 Pastures and mowings ave backward, and fall seeding did not 

 winter well. Apples made a good bloom and pears a light one, 

 but have suffered from frosts. The brown-tail moth is doing the 

 most damage of any insect. Spraying is practised to a slight ex- 

 tent, and is on the increase. Farm help is plenty, and half of it 

 is good help. Wages average $20 per month with board, and $35 

 without board. There will be no marked changes in the acreage 

 of the usual farm crops. 



Arlington (W. W. Rawson). — The spring was late and very 

 dry, so that all fields could be worked when required. Seeds came 

 up well, and crops look very well, but need rain. There was a very 

 full fruit bloom, with no injury from frost. G-ypsy and brown- 

 tail moths are doing the most damage of any insects. Spraying 

 is pi?actised very extensively hereabouts. Wages average $20 per 

 month with board, and $40 without board. Farm help is plenty, 

 but very poor. 



Newton (Geo. L. Marcy). — The season has been colder than 

 usual. Pastures aud mowings look well at present, and fall seed- 

 ing wintered well. The fruit bloom was very heavy, and I think 

 it has not suffered from frosts. Spraying is not practised in this 

 locality. Farm help is equal to the demand, and is mostly good 

 help. Wages average from $20 to $25 per month with board, and 

 from $10 to $12 per week without board. There are no marked 

 changes in the acreage of the usual farm crops. 



