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seeding wintered finely. All fruits except pears made a full bloom 

 and have not suffered from frost. Spraying is but little practised. 

 Farm help is plenty, but only from 5 to 10 per cent is good help. 

 Wages range from $20 to $25 per month with board. There are 

 no marked changes in the acreage of the usual farm crops. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Mansfield (Wm. C. Winter). — The season is a few days later 

 than usual, otherwise about normal. The present prospects of 

 pastures and mowings are favorable ; fall seeding generally good. 

 The fruit bloom was extra good, and though it has suffered 

 slightly from frosts the indications are that there will be plenty 

 left. Currant worms and plum curculios are doing some damage. 

 There is very little spraying done except on currants and goose- 

 berries, and it is rather decreasing than otherwise. There is 

 about enough good help to meet the requirements. Wages aver- 

 age $18 or $20 per month with board, and $1.50 per day without 

 board. The winter was remarkably cold, but deciduous trees and 

 stoned fruits suffered less than usual and evergreens much more. 



Attleborough (Isaac Alger). — The season is a normal one. 

 Pastures and mowings are in average condition, and fall seeding 

 wintered well. The fruit bloom was abundant, with no damage 

 from frosts. Spraying is not practised in this locality. Farm 

 help is plenty, but poor. Wages average $20 per month, and $1 

 per day with board. There have been fewer potatoes planted 

 than last year. 



Dighton (James N. Paul). — The season is late and has been 

 cold and dry. Pastures are good ; mowings light and backward ; 

 fall seeding wintered well. Apples, pears and plums made a very 

 full bloom, as did also peaches where the trees are alive. Cut 

 worms are doing some damage. Spraying is little practised, and 

 is on the decrease in this locality. Farm help is very scarce. 

 Wages range from $10 to $20 per month with board, and from 

 $1.25 to $1.50 per day without board. Strawberry beds are look- 

 ing well, but are late in blooming, and the crop will be late. 



Berkley (Rollin H. Babbitt). — The season is about ten days 

 late. Pastures are short as yet, and the ice injured fall seeding. 

 Apples, pears and plums promise well. There are not many 

 insects as yet, but tent caterpillars are increasing. Many fruit 

 growers are beginning to practise spraying. Help is not very 

 plenty, and a large proportion of it is poor. Wages average $20 

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

 acreage of farm crops is less than for several years. 



