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quite a little from frost. Cut worms and tent caterpillars are doing 

 some damage. Spraying is not much practised, and is increasing 

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

 help. Wages average from $20 to $25 per month with board. 

 There will be no marked changes in the acreage of the usual farm 

 crops. 



Hatfidd (TiiADDEUS Graves) . — The season has been cold, 

 dry and windy, with frequent frosts. Pastures and mowings are 

 in need of rain. There has been a fine fruit bloom, and it has ap- 

 parently not suffered from late frosts. There is no spraying, or 

 nearly none. Farm help is scarce, and very little of it is good 

 help. Wages range from $20 to $30 per month with board, and 

 from $35 to $45 without board. The acreage of farm crops will 

 be about the same as usual. 



Williamsburg (F. C. Richards). — The season is about an 

 average one. The grass crop promises to be light, but fall seed- 

 ing wintered well. There has been a heavy fruit bloom, with no 

 injury from frost. Tent caterpillars are doing some damage. 

 Spraying is not practised to any great extent, and is not increas- 

 ing. Farm help is scarce, and the proportion of good help is very 

 small. Wages range from $18 to $22 per month with board, and 

 average about $30 per mouth without board. There will be an 

 increased acreage of corn, potatoes and tobacco. 



Southampton (C. B. Lyman). — The season is about an average 

 one. Pastures and mowings look poorly, on account of cold, dry 

 weather ; fall seeding wintered well. The fruit bloom was rather 

 better than an average one. Tent caterpillars are doing some 

 damage. Spraying is but very little practised. Farm help is 

 scarce, and about one- half of it is good help. Wages average 

 from $18 to $20 per month with board, and $1.50 per day without 

 board. There will be very little change in the acreage of the usual 

 farm crops. 



Cummington (S. W. Clark). — The season was early in April; 

 May has been cold and dry ; season normal at this date. Pastures 

 and mowings are somewhat winter killed, and need rain ; fall seed- 

 ing did not winter very well. The fruit bloom was about normal, 

 but the frost of May 10 did some damage. But few practise spray- 

 ing, and it is not on the increase. Farm help was very scarce early 

 in the season, but is more plentiful now; all help good. Wages 

 average from $15 to $20 per month with board, and from $1 to 

 $1.25 per day without board. There are no changes in the acreage 

 of farm crops worth reporting. 



Middlejield (J. T. Bryan) . — The season is a little earlier than 



