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Avon (S. F. Oliver). — The present season compares very 

 favorably with last year. Live stock is in good condition. Past- 

 ures are looking extra well and grass land will yield an average 

 crop. Fall seeding wintered well. The fruit bloom was full and 

 set well. P^arni help is plenty and two-thirds is good help. 

 AVages are $15 to $30 per month with board and $1.75 to $2.00 

 per day without. The acreage of farm crops has increased. 



Cohasset (E. E. Ellms) . — The present season compares very well 

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

 and mowings are looking well. The fruit bloom was heavier than 

 usual. Farm lielp is very scarce and there is no good help. 

 Wages are $1.75 per day and $35 per month with board. No 

 change in the acreage of crops. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Atdeboroiigh (Isaac Alger). — The present season is much 

 more favorable than last year. Live stock is in good condition. 

 Pastures and mowings are extra good, and fall seeding wintered 

 well. The fruit bloom was a full average and much better than 

 last year. Tent caterpillars are very scarce, only two nests having 

 been seen. Farm help is plenty. Wages are $20 per month with 

 board and $40 without. There is no change in the acreage of 

 crops. 



Raynham (N. W. Shaw). — The season is far in advance of 

 last 3'ear in every way. Live stock is in better condition than 

 usual. Pastures and mowings are better than usual. Nearly 

 all fruit trees were full of blossoms. The potato beetle is now 

 appearing. Help is plenty and perhaps one-tenth is good help. 

 Wages are $14 per month with board and $28 without. More 

 ground would have been planted but for the industrial depression. 



Dighton (A. W. Paul). — The season is ten days earlier than 

 last year. Live stock is in good average condition. Grass is 

 scattering and hay will be light. Fall seeding wintei'ed well. 

 Frait had a very full bloom. The cut worm is doing the most 

 damage. One man set 4,000 tomato plants and has reset more 

 than 1,000. Farm help is scarce, being mostly Portuguese and 

 other foreigners. Very little really good help. Wages are $16 

 to $22 per month with board and $1.25 to $1.50 per day with- 

 out. There is little change in the acreage of farm crops. Straw- 

 berries, our money crop, are not promising as well as usual. 

 It has been unusually dry but recently we have had copious rains. 



Berkley (R. H. Babbitt). — The season is about a week in 

 advance of last year. Frost and dry weather have injured many 

 crops. Live stock is in fair condition. On high land grass is 



