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some damage. Spraying is rather on the increase. Good help 

 is scarce. Wages average $20 per month with board, and $1.50 

 per day without board. 



Groveland (A. S. Longfellow). — The season is earlier than 

 usual. Fall seeding wintered well ; pastures and mowings are in 

 good condition, but will need rain soon. Bloom on apples and 

 pears good ; some damage from frosts. Canker worms and tent 

 caterpillars are doing some damage. Less than half our fruit 

 trees are sprayed, but the practice is increasing. Farm help is 

 scarce, and perhaps 10 per cent of it is good help. Wages average 

 $20 per month with board, and $1.50 per day without board. 



Andover (M. H. Gould). — The season is much below the 

 normal in rainfall. Pastures and mowings are in very poor con- 

 dition ; fall seeding wintered well. Apple bloom poor ; pears 

 good; peaches and plums hurt by frost. Tent caterpillars are 

 doing some damage. Very little spraying is done, but the prac- 

 tice is increasing. Farm help is scarce, with about 5 per cent of 

 it good help. Wages average $22 per month with board, and 

 $1.50 per day without board. 



Eoivley (D. H. O'Brien). — The season is rather backward. 

 The outlook is poor for mowings and pastures ; fall seeding win- 

 tered well. The fruit bloom was about half of a full bloom ; frost 

 damaged peaches slightly. Tent caterpillars are doing some dam- 

 age. About three-fourths of the orchards are sprayed, and spray- 

 ing is increasing. Farm help is scarce, and about one-third of it 

 is good help. Wages average $22 per month with board, and 

 $L50 per day without board. 



Topsjield (B. P. Pike). — The season compares very favorably 

 with the normal, and most crops are looking well. Fall seeding 

 wintered well and started well, but has suffered from drought. 

 Pears and plums bloomed very well ; no peach bloom ; apples 

 good for an off year. Not much spraying is done. Farm help is 

 scarce, and not much of it is good. Wages average $20 per 

 month with board, and $1.75 per day without board. Rather 

 more corn than usual will be put in. Some farmers are not put- 

 ting in any more crops than they can care for themselves, on 

 account of the scarcity of help. 



Danvers (C. H. Preston). — The season is an average one, 

 agriculturally speaking. The prospect for pastures and mowings 

 is poor; fall seeding wintered well. Apples, pears and plums 

 made a light bloom, and suffered from frosts. Tent caterpillars 

 and brown-tail moths are doing some damage. Spraying is largely 

 practised, but is not increasing. Farm help is scarce. Wages 

 average $21 per month with board, and $37 per month without 

 board. 



