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we have more rain soon. All fruit trees have bloomed very full. 

 Tent caterpillars are doing some damage. Very little if any 

 spraying will be done. Farm help is always scarce. Wages 

 range from $18 to $28 per month with board, and from $35 to $38 

 per month without board. There will be very little change in the 

 acreage of farm crops. 



Dana (E. A. Albee). — Tiic season is about a normal one. 

 Pastures and mowings are 25 per cent, below the average in 

 condition, and fall seeding winter-killed badly. There was a full 

 fruit bloom, but it has suffered from frost. Tent caterpillars are 

 doing some damage. There is no spraying done in this locality. 

 Farm help is scarce, with about one-half of it good help. Wages 

 average $25 per month with board, and $1.50 per day without 

 board. There will be no marked changes in the acreage of the 

 usual farm crop. 



Templeton (Lucien Gove). — Warm weather came earlier than 

 usual, but at the present time the season is no farther advanced 

 than the average. Mowings are in good condition, but pastures 

 are backward because of lack of rain ; fall seeding wintered well. 

 The fruit bloom was no more than a fair average, Baldwin apples 

 uneven ; injury from frost is reported in a few localities. Tent 

 caterpillars are doing some damage. There is but a limited amount 

 of spraying done, and its increase is slow. Farm help is more 

 ditlicult to secure every year, and about one-fourth of it may be 

 classed as fair. Wages range from $16 to $30 per month with 

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

 be no change in the acreage of farm crops, unless it be in an in- 

 creased amount of corn. 



Royahton (C. A. Stimson). — The season is about a normal 

 one. Pastures and mowing promise well, but fall seeding suffered 

 a 10 per cent damage from winter-killing. There was a full fruit 

 bloom, and no damage of any account from frost. Very little 

 spraying is done, and there is no increase in the practice. Faiui 

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

 $20 per month with board, and $35 per month witliout board. 

 More corn will be planted than usual. 



Ashburnham (E. D. Gibson). — Pastures and mowings are not 

 as good as usual at this date. There was a very full fruit lilooin ; 

 plums were somewliat injured by frost. Wiiilc grubs aro doing 

 some damage. There is l)ut little spraying done, but many spoak 

 of the necessity for it. (iood help is scarce, not one in four bi'ing 

 classed as good. Wages average from $17 to $20 pi'r month with 

 board, and $1.50 per day witiiout board. Tlicre will l>c a largo 



