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Forage Crops. 



The shortage of the hay crop this year has lead to a con- 

 siderable increase in the acreage devoted to forage crops, par- 

 ticularly in the eastern part of the State. Much old hay is still 

 on hand, and this relieves many farmers from the necessity 

 of putting in forage crops to help out the hay crop. Fodder 

 corn is the crop reported as being most extensively grown 

 for forage, and Hungarian grass, millet, oats and barley fol- 

 low in the order named. Other forage crops mentioned are 

 oats and peas, rye, barley and peas, millet and peas, spring 

 rape, wheat, soy beans, dwarf mustard, cabbages, mangolds 

 and turnips. The condition of forage crops was generally 

 reported as good, except in the eastern part of the State, 

 where some of these crops were suffering from want of rain 

 at the time of making returns, a condition doubtless relieved 

 by the rains of the 25th-26th. 



Market-garden Crops. 



Market-garden crops derived material benefit from the 

 heavy rains since the last report, and were nearly up to the 

 normal in condition at date of writing. Prices appear to 

 average about as usual, though perhaps on the whole a 

 little above those of recent years. 



Early Potatoes. 



Early potato harvest has begun in many sections, and the 

 consensus of reports seems to be that while the tubers are 

 large and fair they are few in the hill and that the crop is 

 considerably below the average in quantity. Prices gener- 

 ally rule high and should remain above the average, though 

 there is already a falling off from the prices received for the 

 first digging. No complaints of blight were made and the 

 prospect for the late crop generally appears to be very good. 



