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month with board is paid. There is not much change in the acre- 

 age of crops. 



Danvers (C. H. Preston). — The season is well advanced and 

 favorable. Live stock is in good condition. Pastures and mow- 

 ings are in poor condition but will improve with the rains. There 

 was a large apple bloom ; other fruits average. Canker worms are 

 doing the most damage and some are spraying. Farm help is 

 plenty. No change in acreage of crops. 



Marbhhead (Wm. S. Phillips, Jr.). — The season is about as 

 last year. Live stock is in very good condition. Pastures and 

 mowings are in very good condition. Not much seeding winter 

 killed. The early apple bloom was average, but the late was below. 

 Tent caterpillars are doing the most damage and scarcely any effort 

 is made to destroy them. Help is plenty and perhaps thirty per 

 cent may be called good. Wages are from $16 to $22 per month 

 with board and about $1.50 per day without board. The indus- 

 trial depression has made no appreciable difference in the acreage 

 of crops. 



NORFOLK COUNTY. 



Mecljield (Geo. R. Chase). — The season is ten days earlier 

 than usual. Live stock is in good order. Pastures and mowings 

 promise fairly now, owing to recent rains. Fall seeding wintered 

 well." The fruit bloom was unprecedentedly large. The canker 

 worm is doing the most damage ; a few are spraying. Farm help 

 is scarce, ten per cent being good help. Wages are ^20 to $27 

 per month with board and $1.75 per day without. The acreage of 

 crops remains the same. 



Medicay (Monroe Morse). — Live stock is about in average 

 condition. The recent cool, wet weather has restored the condi- 

 tion of pastures and mowings to about average. The peach bloom 

 was very light, but other fruits were very full. Canker worms 

 have become quite numerous. Help accustomed to farm work is 

 scarce. A good man is paid $20 per month with board and $1.50 

 per day without. The industrial depression has made no difference 

 with the acreage of crops. 



FranMin (C. M. Allen). — The present season is better than 

 the last. Live stock is fully up to the average in condition. Past- 

 ures and mowings promise well. Fall seeding wintered well. 

 Apples had an extra bloom, peaches were a failure, the rest aver- 

 age. Very few insects have appeared. Farm help is plenty, one 

 in a hundred being good help. Wages run from $14 to $20 per 

 month with board and from $25 to $40 without. The acreage of 

 farm crops has slightly increased. 



