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Barry County, Mich. — Colorado bng very destructive to potatoes, 

 tomatoes, and all garden plants. The potato crop is likely to be used up. 



Bay County, Mich. — Farmers are doing but little toward planting 

 potatoes. The bugs are very thick, coming out of the ground by hun- 

 dreds, apparently more plentiful than ever. Paris green, mixed with 

 plaster, ashes, and flour, is being used as a preventive. 



Cass County, Mich. — Potato bugs in countless numbers. 



Kent County, Mich. — Potato bugs very destructive. 



Kalamazoo County, Midi. — Potato beetles without number. Eemedies 

 for extermination and protection alike fail, and the bug roams at will. 



Monroe County, Mich. — The prospect is that one-half the crop will be 

 destroyed by the potato bug. 



Neicaygo County, Mich. — Potato bugs everywhere. The whole crop is 

 threateued. 



Ottaiva County, Mich. — We had a few potato bugs last year, but this 

 year we have myriads of them. We expect no potatoes. 



Yan Buren County, Midi. — The potato bug is destroying the whole 

 crop, so far as heard from, in this county, and its ravages are general 

 throughout the State. 



Norfollc County, Mass. — About one-fourth of the apple trees bloomed, 

 compared with last year, and- in many instances the entire crop has been 

 destroyed by the canker-worm. Some orchards i)resent a sad sight, and 

 everything around them is alive with worms. Large and thrifty trees 

 are being cut down as worthless. 



Queen Anne County, Md. — Peach trees bloomed early and set full, but 

 within the last two weeks fully one-half has dropped off. This is gen- 

 erally attributed to hot, dry weather; but I have cut open about a hun- 

 dred of these dropped peaches, and in every instance found a worm 

 similar to the apple-worm. The fruit remaining on the trees is very line, 

 double the usual size at this season. 



Henry County, Ohio. — Foliage of apple trees so badly eaten by black 

 measuring-worms that but 25 per cent, of the apples can be iierfected. 

 Many elm and shellbark hickories are as bare as in autumn. 



Van Wert County, Ohio. — Measuring-worms are in great force, con- 

 suming the foliage of fruit and forest trees. 



Defiance County, Ohio. — The measuring-worm is making sad havoc 

 with the fruit trees. In some localities trees are nearly stripped of 

 leaves and the fruit is dropping off". 



Barhe County, Ohio. — The fruit and the fruit trees are being much in- 

 jured by the black caterpillar or measuring- worm. 



Craivford County, Ohio. — Crop reduced, perhaps one-half, by frost, 

 April .30. Worms are taking the leaves from many fruit and forest trees. 



Graves County, Ky. — Caterpillars have injured the apple crop. They 

 are very numerous. They begin on the leaves, and next take the fruit. 

 They are on the decline now, and are webbing. They stopped a pas- 

 senger train a few days ago. 



McCradcen County, Ky. — Caterpillars are so numerous that it is often 

 necessary to clear the railway tracks before the trains can proceed. 



Adams County, Ind. — A worm resembling the caterpillar is stripping 

 all the foliage off' the trees. They are very small at first, but grow fast, 

 and are now an inch and a half long. Fruit and forest trees are con- 

 siderably damaged by them. 



Massac County, J//.— Apple crop seriously injured by the cateri^illar. 

 It ax^peared April 15th and left May 20th. 



IJes Moines County, Iowa. — More frosts in May than for years past. 

 These and the coddling-moth have nearly ruined the apple crop. 



