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age $25 per month with board, and from $35 to $38 per month 

 without board. Potatoes will probably receive more than ordinary 

 attention. 



Stoio (Geo. W. Bradley). — The season is not as forward as 

 usual. Uplands are not looking as well as a week ago ; fall seed- 

 ing fairly good. There is about an average fruit bloom, with 

 some strawberries damaged by frost. There have been but very 

 few insects as yet. Some are about through planting, some just 

 beginning, and some are waiting for rain. Farm help is scarce, 

 and about one-fourth of it good help. Wages range from $12 to 

 $25 per month with board, and from $1.50 to $2 per day without 

 board. There will be less corn and more potatoes planted than 

 usual. 



Westford (J. W. Fletcher). — The season is about an average 

 one, except that it is very drj-. Fall seeding came through the 

 winter well, but is much in need of rain. The fruit bloom is 

 about an average one, but frost did some damage to small fruits. 

 The brown-tail moth is our most troublesome insect. Planting is 

 rather backward. Farm help is scarce. Wages range from $20 

 to $25 per month with board, and from $35 to $40 per month 

 without board. There are no marked changes in the acreage of 

 farm crops. 



Chelmsford (P. P. Perham). — The present season is ten days 

 later than the average. Pastures and mowings are looking finely, 

 and fall seeding made a good start. The bloom of apples, pears, 

 peaches and small fruits compares well with former years, and has 

 not suffered from frosts. No insects are doing damage. Planting 

 is mostly completed. Good farm help is very scarce. Wages 

 average $20 per month with board, and $35 per month without 

 board. There will be a slightly larger acreage of corn and a 

 slightly smaller one of potatoes than formerly. 



Billerica (Geo. P. Greenwood). — The season is about an aver- 

 age one. Grass looks well, and fall seeding wintered well. There 

 is a heavy bloom on apples, but rather less on small fruits. Brown- 

 tail moths are doing some damage. Planting is progressing fairly 

 well. Farm help is very scarce. Wages average $22 per month, 

 with board, and $35 per month without board. The acreage of 

 farm crops will be generally decreased in this vicinity. 



Concord (Wim. H. Hunt). — The season is late, and the ground 

 could not be worked as early as usual. Fall seeding did well, and 

 pastures and mowings look well. The apple bloom was quite full ; 

 pears blossomed very full ; other fruits normal. Cut worms are 

 abundant, tent caterpillars few. Planting is nearly completed. 

 Good farm help is scarce. Wages average from $20 to $25 per 



