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as usual. There was a fine fruit bloom, and but little damage 

 from frost. Tent caterpillars are doing some damage. But little 

 spraying is done, and it is not increasing much. Farm help is 

 scarce, and from 10 to 20 per cent of it is good help. Wages 

 average S20 per month with board, and 81.50 per day without 

 board. There will be an increase in the raising of market-garden 

 crops for home markets. 



BRISTOL COUNTY. 



Mansjield (Wm. C. Wintkr). — Planting is somewhat later than 

 the normal ; trees, pastures and hardy plants about normal. Pas- 

 tures and mowings started well, but need rain. The fruit bloom is 

 about average, and has suffered little from frosts. Currant worms 

 are doing some damage. Very little is done in spraying, but it is 

 increasing. Help is scarcer than usual, but generally good. Wages 

 average $16 to 820 per month with board, and 81.50 per day 

 without board. No marked changes in the acreage of farm crops. 



Norton (Wm. A. Lane). — The season is an average one. 

 Pastures are looking well, and fall seeding looks well. There was 

 a very full fruit bloom, and the late frosts did but little damage. 

 Potato bugs are doing some damage. There is not much spraying 

 done here. Farm help is very scarce. Wages range from 820 

 to 82G per mouth with board, and average 81.50 per day without 

 board. There will not be much change in the acreage of farm 

 crops. 



Ruynham (E. W. Shaw). — The promise for pastures and 

 mowings is good, and fall seeding wintered well. There was a 

 heavy fruit bloom, and it has not suffered from frosts. Currant 

 worms are doing some damage. But little spraying is done, and 

 it is not increasing. Farm help is very scarce. Wages average 

 820 per month witli board, and 836 per month without board. 

 There will be a less acreage than usual of the usual farm crops. 



Berkley (R. H. Babbitt). — The season is about an average 

 one. Pastures and mowings are in very good condition, and fall 

 seeding wintered fairly well. There was a very heavy fruit bloom, 

 and it apparently has not suffered from late frosts. Tent cater- 

 pillars, cut worms and wire worms are doing some damage. . Spray- 

 ing is not generally practised, but is increasing rapidly. Poor 

 help is plenty, but good iielp is scarce, about one-fourth of the 

 supply being good help. Wages average 820 per mouth with 

 board, and 81.50 per day without board. There will be large 

 acreages of corn and potatoes, and thousands of peach troes are 

 being set out. 



