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Planting is progressing very well. Farm help is plenty, and two- 

 thirds of it is good help. Wages average $20 per month with board 

 and $1.50 per day without board. There is an increased acreage 

 devoted to market-garden crops. 



Sivansea (F. G. Arnold). — We have had a dry spring, but with 

 heavy showers on May 22; crops growing well. Pastures look well, 

 and mo-\\angs fair; fall seeding wintered well. All fruit trees bloomed 

 well, and we have had no frost. A few tent caterpillars are all the 

 insects that have appeared. Planting is nearly finished. Help is 

 more plenty than last year, with quality about the same as usual. 

 Wages average from $18 to $25 per month with board; $30 per month 

 without board, but with tenement; and $1.50 per day without either. 

 There will be an increased acreage of corn and potatoes. 



Westport (Albert S. Sherman). — The season is not up to the aver- 

 age, and crops are backward. Pastures and mowings are in good 

 condition, and fall seeding wintered well. Apples made a good bloom; 

 other fruits poor bloom; no damage from frosts. No insects have 

 appeared as yet. Nearly everything is planted except root crops. 

 Good help is scarce, and poor help is always plenty. Wages average 

 $22 per month with board and $1.50 per day without board. The 

 acreage of farm crops is about the same as usual. 



Acushnet (M. S. Douglas). — The season is more than normal at 

 present. Pastures and mowings are in good condition, and fall seed- 

 ing wintered well. There was a large fruit bloom, and the largest 

 fruit crop for years is promised. No insects are doing damage at 

 present. Almost all planting, is done. There is plenty of help, but 

 not much of it is experienced. Wages average $20 per month and 

 $1.25 per day without board. More potatoes than usual have been 

 put in. Early vegetables are lower than last year, but prices are 

 higher; asparagus crop unusually heavy. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 



Norwell (Henry A. Turner). — The season is about a normal 

 one. Pastures are looking well, and there was very little grass winter- 

 killed. There has been a good bloom for most fruits, and they have 

 not been injured by frosts. Planting is progressing fairly well. Good 

 farm help is scarce. There is not much change in the acreage of farm 

 crops. Everything looks prosperous for a good season. 



Marshfield (John H. Bourne). — The season is a httle late, with 

 less than the normal rainfall. The promise for pastures and mowings 

 is very good, with continued rains, — even light rains. The bloom was 

 very full for most fruits except Baldwin apples. Tent caterpillars 

 have appeared. The ground and weather have been favorable for 

 planting. Good help is scarce, but not as much so as last year. Wages 

 average $20 per month with board and $1.75 per day without board. 

 More corn will be planted than usual. 



