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condition, but will suffer if rain does not come soon ; fall seeding 

 wintered well. The fruit bloom was exceptional, and has not 

 suffered from frost as yet. Tent caterpillars and potato bugs are 

 doing some damage. Spraying is practised only to a slight ex- 

 tent in this locality. Farm help is scarce, and less than half of 

 it is good help. Wages average $25 per month with board, and 

 Si. 50 per day without board. There are no marked changes in 

 the acreage of general crops, but milk production is on the increase. 

 Indications are favorable for a crop of cranberries. 



Carver (J. A. Vaughan). — The season is more forward than 

 usual. Fall seeding wintered well, and grass started earlier than 

 usual ; rain is needed on high ground. Tent caterpillars are doing 

 some damage. Spraying is practised on most of the cranberry 

 bogs which cannot be quickly flooded in summer. Help of all 

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

 $1.65 per day without board. More cranberry bog is being made 

 than usual, and less of the garden fruits and vegetables cultivated. 



Wareham (A. B. Savary). — Owing to dry weather, the season 

 is late. The promise for pastures and mowings is poor ; fall 

 seeding wintered well. The fruit bloom is light, and frosts have 

 done some damage. Tent caterpillars are doing some damage. 

 Spraying is hardly practised at all. Farm help is rather scarce, 

 and about one-half of it is good help. Wages average $20 per 

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

 be a few more potatoes planted than usual. 



Mattapoisett (E. C. Stetson). — The season is a little earlier 

 than usual. The prospect for pastures and mowings is good, and 

 fall seeding wintered fairly well. Pears and apples made a good 

 bloom; peaches poor; no damage from frosts. Tent caterpillars 

 are doing some damage. Spraying is practised but little, if at 

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

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

 of the usual farm crops. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Bourne (D. D. Nye). — The season is a favorable one. At 

 present, owing to dry weather, pastures and mowings look poorly. 

 There was a good fruit bloom, and it did not suffer from frost. 

 Tent caterpillars are doing some damage. Spraying is practised 

 to a small extent, and is not on the increase. Farm help is scarce, 

 but averages good as to quality. Wages average $20 per month 

 with board, and $2 per day of nine hours. Most of our people, 



