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3. What is the prospect for late potatoes, and have you 

 noticed blight or rot? 



4. How do the acreage and condition of tobacco compare 

 with former years ? 



5. What is the prospect for apples, pears, peaches, grapes 

 and cranberries? 



6. What is the condition of pasturage in your vicinity? 



7. How have oats and barley compared with former years ? 



8. Is the interest taken by your farmers in poultry in- 

 creasing, and what proportion does the income derived from 

 poultry products bear to that derived from the dairy ? 



Returns were received from 164 correspondents, from 

 which the following summary has been made up : — 



Indian Corn. 

 Indian corn made a great growth during the month in all 

 sections, and is generally reported as earing well. It is still 

 somewhat backward, and early frosts might do much dam- 

 age, but with an ordinary season better than an average 

 crop should be secured in all sections. 



KOWEN. 



On the whole, the crop of rowen promises to be very 

 good, though there are some complaints of fields burning 

 after mowing, and others that the late cutting of the first 

 crop will not give time for the maturing of a large crop of 

 rowen. The rains of the past month have also done much 

 to put mowings in good condition for another season. 



Late Potatoes. 

 Early potatoes were a very light crop in most sections. 

 Later ones are reported as making a great showing of vines, 

 but the tubers are said not to have set well in most cases 

 and to be few in the hill. The prospect does not point to 

 more than a fair crop. Blight and rot have appeared in all 

 counties, but not to any alarming extent. 



Tobacco. 



The acreage of tobacco was again reported as slightly in- 

 creased throughout the tobacco-growing district. The crop 



