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Peru (F. G. Creamer). — The present season compares well 

 with a normal season. Pastures and mowings never looked better ; 

 fall seeding wintered well. The fruit bloom has not suffered from 

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

 scarce, and about half of it is good help. Wages average $20 per 

 month with board, and $1.50 per day without board. There will 

 be no marked changes in the acreage of farm crops. 



Dalton (Wesley B. Barton). — The season is backward. 

 Pastures, mowings and fall seeding all promise well. The fruit 

 bloom looks well to date ; hard frost the 22d, but too early to say 

 whether it did damage. No insects have appeared as yet. Per- 

 haps two per cent of our fruit is sprayed to prevent damage from 

 insects. Farm help is scarce, but good wages get good help. 

 Wages average $20 per month with board, and from $1.50 to 

 $1.75 per day without board. Some alfalfa is being tried. 



ChesMre (L. J. Northup). — The season is favorable so far aa 

 grass and grain are concerned. Pastures, mowings and fall seed- 

 ing promise well. The bloom of fruit trees is full; frosts are 

 prevalent, but doing no damage. Insects have not yet appeared. 

 There is no spraying done in this locality. Farm help is quite 

 scarce, and not much extra good help is to be had. Wages 

 average $20 per month with board, and $35 without board. There 

 is the usual acreage of potatoes, prices low ; no new enterprise 

 introduced. 



Savoy (W. W. Burnett). — The season has been cool, and 

 vegetation has come forward slowly; rain would be beneficial. 

 Pastures and mowings promise fairly well ; fall seeding wintered 

 well. Small fruits bloomed well and apples are showing well, 

 but are not j^et in full bloom. Very few insects have made their 

 appearance. There is not much spraying done here. Help is 

 scarce, and not more than half of it good help. Wages average 

 from $20 to $35 per month, and from $1 to $1.50 per day. There 

 is little change in the acreage of farm crops. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



Charlemont (J. M. J. Legate). — The season is late, cold and 

 dry, the rains all being followed by high winds. Pastures and 

 mowings are backward ; fall seeding has wintered well. Apples 

 have bloomed fairly full, but not enough for a heavy crop ; pears, 

 peaches and plums made a very heavy bloom ; too early to be 

 certain whether they have suffered from frosts. Spraying is not 

 practised at all in this locality. Farm help is scarce, but most of 

 that available is good. Wages average 820 per month with 



