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NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Norivood (Hon. F. A. Fales). — The season is cold, dry and 

 late. The promise for pastures and mowings is not the best ; fall 

 seeding wintered well. The fruit bloom was about 25 per cent 

 of a normal bloom ; strawberry blooms damaged by frost. Tent 

 caterpillars are doing some damage. Spraying is not practised to 

 any extent, and is not increasing. Farm help is very scarce, and 

 about one-third of it is good help. Wages average $22 per month 

 with board, and $2 per day without board. 



Walpole (E. L. Shepard) . — The present season is not up to the 

 normal, being cold and wet at first, and now hot and dry. Pas- 

 tures and mowings begin to suffer badly for rain ; fall seeding 

 wintered fairly well. Apples made a very good bloom for an off 

 year; other fruit good; some small fruits hurt by frost. Tent 

 caterpillars and white grubs are doing some damage. Not much 

 spraying is done in this locality. Farm help is scarce, and most 

 of it rather poor. Wages average $l.oO per day without board. 



Norfolk (A. D. Towne). — The prospect is for a late, poor 

 season, as we had heavy, late frosts, and it is very dry at present. 

 There is very little feed in pastures, and if the drought continues 

 the hay crop will be light ; fall seeding wintered well. Apples 

 made a light bloom ; peaches, plums and pears killed by frost. 

 Tent caterpillars are more numerous than for several years. Very 

 little spraying is done, but the practice is somewhat increasing. 

 Farm help is scarce, and good help hard to find at any price. 

 Wages average from $20 to $22 per month with board, and $1.50 

 per day without board. The acreage of farm crops is rather less 

 than common. 



Millis (E. F. Richardson). — The season is better than an 

 average one. Pastures and mowings looked well, but are drying 

 up from lack of rain. The fruit bloom was exceedingly light. 

 Tent caterpillars are doing some damage. Spraying is practised 

 somewhat. Farm help of all kinds is very scarce. Wages aver- 

 age $25 per month with board, and $9 per week without board. 

 More corn than usual will be grown. 



Stoughton (Ciias. F. Curtis). — The season is fully two weeks 

 in advance of the normal. Pastures and mowings are beginning 

 to suffer from drought. The fruit bloom is fully up to the aver- 

 age, with some loss from frosts. I have never seen as few insects 

 and as many birds as this season. Spraying is practised to a very 

 limited extent, and is increasing but slowly. Farm help is very 

 scarce, and good help is not to be had. Wages average $30 per 

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



