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Brockton (Davis Copeland). — The season is about an average 

 one. There is a fairly good promise for pastures and mowings, but 

 fall seeding did not winter well. The fruit bloom is fully up to the 

 average. Currant worms are doing some damage. Planting is pro- 

 gressing well. Farm help is very plenty, but only a small proportion 

 of it is good help. There is not much difference in the acreage of farm 

 crops. Quite a colony of gypsy moths have been discovered, but 

 have been taken care of. 



East Bridgewater (George E. Walschendorf). — The season is 

 better than a normal one. Pastures are in good condition; mowings 

 promise a good crop; but fall seeding is late and in poor condition. 

 The bloom on fruit trees and huckleberries was good. There are some 

 tent caterpillars and gypsy moths doing damage. Planting is nearly 

 completed. Farm help is fairly plenty, mostly from the factories. 

 Wages range from $20 to $25 per month with board and from $1.75 to 

 $2 per day without board. The acreage of cultivated crops will be 

 greater than usual. 



Lakeville (Nathaniel G. Staples). — The season compares very 

 favorably with the normal. Pastures are looking well, and fall seed- 

 ing fairly well. There is a very full bloom of all kinds of fruit. No 

 insects are doing serious damage. Planting is progressing very well. 

 Farm help is rather scarce, and not more than one in ten is good 

 help. Wages average $20 per month with board and from $1.75 to 

 $2 per day without board. There will be little change in the acreage 

 of the usual farm crops. 



Carver (J. A. Vaughan)- — The season compares well with the 

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

 ing wintered well. There is a full bloom of all fruit trees, and no 

 frost to injure them. Insects are doing no damage as yet. Planting 

 is progressing well. Help is plenty, but most of it is not accustomed 

 to farm work. Wages average $1.65 per day without board. There 

 are no changes in the acreage of farm crops. 



Warehatn (A. B. Savary). — The season is about a normal one. 

 Pastures and mowings look well, but will soon need rain; fall seeding 

 wintered well. There is a full fruit bloom, with no damage from 

 frosts. Cut worms are doing much damage, and are on the increase. 

 Planting is progressing faster than usual. Farm help is scarce, and 

 about 20 per cent of it is good help. Wages average $25 per month 

 with board and $1.75 per day without board. There will be no marked 

 changes in the acreage of the usual farm crops. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 



Bourne (David D. Nye). — The season compares favorably with 

 the normal. Pastures and mowings look as well if not better than 

 usual. Fruit of all kinds seems backward, but is coming along quite 

 well. There are no insects doing damage at present, except now 



