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presence of parasites, destroying the eggs of the beetle, is gratefully 

 acknowledged in several counties. It is not at all improbable that the 

 enormous multiplication of these beetles will call forth destructive ene- 

 mies to feed upon them, and that thus the pest w^ill be mitigated or re- 

 moved by natural causes. The following notes have been compiled from 

 our correspondence : 



Vermont. — Caledonia : Potatoes small cand late. 



Massachusetts. — Derlsldre : Doing well, considering the late spring; some plantings 

 delayed till June 20. I'lymouth : Look well, but ten days late. 



New York. — Cattaraugus : Very promising ; beetles less injurious than was expected. 

 Madison : Bugs on hand. Tioga : Bugs on hand, but have not done much damage yet. 

 Wyoming: Promising; bugs few and not very injurious. Wayne: Bugs on hand ; not very 

 severe. 



New Jersey. — Burlington : Early plantings injured by drought, Warren : Tops grow- 

 ing well. 



Pennsylvania. — Northampton: Threatened by Colorado beetles. Snyder: Potato-bugs 

 very bad. Clearfield: Bugs very injurious. Perry: Early plantings destroyed by bugs. 

 York: Bugs very mischievous. Philadelphia: Colorado beetles in great numbers. Adams: 

 Potato-bugs in great numbers, but kept in check with Paris-green. Cameron : Colorado 

 beetles at work. Chester : The Colorado beetle shortening the crop. Huntingdon : Bugs nu- 

 merous, but the early crop was rescued by great efforts from their destructive influence. 

 Lycoming : Bugs very troublesome. Wayne : Bugs in some places. Franklin : Some 

 early plantings ruined by bugs. Butler : Colorado beetles very injurious, but resisted in a 

 great variety of ways. Armstrong : Threatened by birgs. Union : Bugs at work ; here 

 called the California bug. Dauphin : Bugs injured early crops, but are disappearing, and 

 leaving the later plantings uninjured. Forest : Colorado beetles leaving ; crops not much in- 

 jured. Indiana : Doing well in spite of bugs ; not much damage. Lancaster : Considerably 

 injured by bugs. Beaver : Bug and drought threaten the whole crop. Elk : Look well ; 

 first brood of Colorado beetles too young to do much injury. McKcan : Bugs threaten 

 total destruction. Luzerne : Bugs ; Paris-green somewhat successful. 



Maryland. — Frederick: Injured by beetles; may be an entire failure. Caroline: 

 Threatened by Colorado beetles. Baltimore : Colorado beetles at work, but successfully 

 resisted with Paris green. Carroll : Considerable daftiage from Colorado beetles. Wicomico : 

 Crop promising. Montgomery : Colorado beetles. Harford : Colorado beetles very general, 

 but will not be so injurious as was thought; great efforts to destroy them ; crop suffering 

 also from drought. Prince George : Colorado beetles have just come. Queen Anne : Colo- 

 rado beetles too late for serious damage in early potatoes, but are demonstrating against the 

 tomato-crop. Cecil : Colorado beetles doing considerable damage. 



Virginia. — Waru)ick : snSbnng from drought. Diniciddie : Early crop injured by April 

 frosts. Fauquier: Threatened by Colorado beetles; great efforts to keep them down. Prince 

 William : Threatened by Colorado beetles ; farmers afraid of Paris green. Prince George : 

 Injured by drought. Clarke: Early potatoes almost a failure from drought. Campbell: 

 Good, but short. Culpeper : Colorado beetles. Highland : Injured by drought and a very 

 destructive bug. Henrico: Shortened by drought. Hayrcood : Injured by drought. 

 North Carolina. — Allamance : Poor. 



Georgia. — Upson : Fair. Pickens : Killed by late frosts. Wilkinson : Fine. 

 Florida. — jra/tzt/Za: Fine season for growing sweet potatoes. Gadsden: Unusual acre- 

 age planted in Irish potatoes, and the yield, both in quality and quantity, surpassed the 

 most sanguine expectations ; one field averaged 300 bushels per acre, some of the single 

 tubers weighing twenty-three ounces. A second crop is frequently planted about the last of 

 August and matures before frost. Our potatoes, with proper care, keep very well. The 

 sweet-potato crop is rapidly increasing in acreage, as the propagation by slips will last till 

 August. The root-planted crop is in fine condition. With proper facilities for transporta- 

 tion Gadsden County would find the sweet-potato crop a valuable industry. The best varie- 

 ties bring from thirty to forty cents per bushel. Jackson : Recent rains have caused a 

 great extension of sweet-potato culture. 



Alabama. — Montgomery : Sweet potatoes doing well. Clarke : Irish potatoes never 

 better. 



Louisiana. — Franklin : Sweet potatoes late in maturing. 



Texas. — Austin : Good though shortened by drought. Bee: Crop matured before the 

 drought ; yield unprecedented. Burnet : Greatly injured by frost. 



Arkansas. — Jackson : Cut down half already by drought. Bradley : Irish and sweet 

 potatoes reduced by drought to half a crop. Independence: Suffered severely from drought. 

 'Hempstead : Very few sweet potatoes planted yet. Washington : Both Irish and sweet 

 potatoes suffered from drought. Sebastian: Injurious drought. :i 



Tennessee. — Grainger : Shortened by drought. Hardin : Injurious drought. Monroe: 

 Ruined by drought in April. Lawrence ; Potatoes a total failure from drought and bugs. 



