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BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Attleborough (Isaac Alger). — The season is a full average 

 one. Pastures and mowings promise well, and fall seeding is in 

 good condition. Apples had a small bloom ; pears a very full 

 bloom ; strawberries a full bloom. No insects have appeared as 

 yet. Planting is progressing well. Help is very scarce. Wages 

 average 625 per month with board, and Si -50 per day without 

 board. The acreage of potatoes will be decreased. 



Mansfield (Wm. C. Winter). — In point of time the season is 

 about normal, but the ground is rather dry. Fall seeding wintered 

 well, but it has been too dry for pastures and mowings. Apples 

 and pears gave about a normal fruit bloom ; peaches above normal ; 

 plums light and somewhat injured by frosts. Currant worms and 

 curculios are doing some damage. Planting is progressing rather 

 slowly. Farm help is scarce, and there is very little good help to 

 be had. Wages range from $20 to $25 per month with board, and 

 from $1.50 to $1.75 per day without board. There will probably 

 be a decreased acreage of farm crops, owing to the scarcity of 

 help. Strawberries look unusually well, though slightly injured 

 by frosts. 



Seekonk (John W. Peck). — The season compares very favor- 

 ably with a normal season. Grass and small crops need rain. 

 Fruit bloom must have suffered on low ground as we had a very 

 severe frost. No insects have appeared as yet. Planting is pro- 

 gressing finely, with a large acreage of crops put in. Farm help 

 is plenty, but is all Portuguese, and three-fourths of them are 

 good help. Wages average $20 per month with board, and $34 

 per month without board. The season has been a peculiar one, 

 and it is astonishing how well crops are advanced. 



Dighton (James N. Paul). — The season is late and very dry. 

 Pastures are poor, and mowings promise to be very light because 

 of lack of rain ; fall seeding did not winter well. Apples made a 

 very poor bloom ; pears and plums poor ; no peaches ; no damage 

 from frost. Asparagus beetles, cut worms and potato bugs are 

 doing some damage. Planting is late. Farm help is scarce, and 

 is mostly poor help. Wages range from $15 to $30 per month with 

 board, and from $1.25 to $1.75 per day without board. There will 

 be more corn and less potatoes grown than usual, and a large 

 acreage of tomatoes will be set. The strawberry crop promises 

 well, but is suffering from want of rain at present. 



DartmoxUh (L. T. Davis). — The season is not as forward at 

 this time as usual. Pastures and mowings are later than most 

 years ; fall seeding wintered very well. JNIany orchards have 



