xxvi BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



In July potato bugs and squash bugs appeared to be rather 

 more numerous than usual, but other insects were doing no 

 particular damage. Indian corn came forward very rapidly, 

 and was generally in good condition and growing fast. 

 Silos gain in favor constantly but slowly. Haying was prac- 

 tically completed, with a larger crop than for the last two 

 years, probably a full average crop ; quality good, though 

 there was some injury from showers. Returns indicated an 

 increased acreage of forage crops, and they were generally 

 in good condition. Market-garden crops suffered from the 

 hot weather, but later ones promised well ; prices rather 

 higher than usual. Very few potatoes were dug at time of 

 making returns, so that no idea could be formed as to yield 

 or prices of the early crop. Apples dropped badly, still 

 further reducing the crop ; pears and peaches promised light 

 crops ; plums reported as dropping badly ; quinces good ; 

 grapes promised well. Pasturage came through the dry 

 weather surprisingly well, and was in good condition. Rye 

 was an average crop ; oats off in condition ; barley promised 

 well as a forage crop. 



Indian corn, although still somewhat backward, made a 

 great growth during August, and was generally reported as 

 earing well. Rowen generally promised very -well. Early 

 potatoes were a very light crop ; later ones made a great 

 showing of vines, but did not set well, and the prospect was 

 for not more than a fair crop at best. The acreage of tobacco 

 was increased and the crop in excellent condition, with cut- 

 ting practically completed at the end of the month. Apples 

 promised to be one of the lightest crops on record ; pears 

 light to fair ; peaches light ; grapes promised well, as did 

 also cranberries. Pastures were almost everywhere in ex- 

 cellent condition. Oats and barley were below the average 

 for grain and straw. Poultry keeping was generally re- 

 ported as profitable, but the attention paid to it was not as 

 great as the profit from it warrants. 



The warm weather of September ripened Indian corn in 

 excellent condition, and the crop was one of the best ever 

 secured. An unusually good crop of rowen was reported in 

 all sections. Fall feed was also in excellent condition, and 



