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In the circular to correspondents returnable July 28 the 

 following questions were asked : — 



1. What insects are doing the most damage in your 

 locality? 



2. What is the condition of Indian corn, and what pro- 

 portion of the crop will be put into the silo? 



3. What is the quantity and quality of the hay crop :is 

 compared with former years? 



4. What is the condition of early and late potatoes, and 

 what price has the early crop brought per bushel ? 



5. How have market-garden crops compared in yield 

 and price with former years ? 



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

 and cranberries? 



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



8. How has the rye crop compared with former years? 



Reports were somewhat slow in coming in, but one hun- 

 dred and ten returns were received from which the following 

 summary was deduced : - — 



i. 



Insects. 



There has been little serious damage to crops from insects 

 during the past month, some correspondents going so far as 

 to say that there has been no damage whatever. The potato 

 beetle is of course universally prevalent but has been kept 

 well in check, and does not seem to have been quite so 

 destructive as usual. Scattering reports have been received 

 of damage done by wire worms, squash borers, rose bugs, 

 grasshoppers, asparagus beetles, codling moths, curculios, 

 green cabbage worms, white strawberry grubs, currant 

 worms, cut worms, plant lice, the pear tree psylla and the 

 various cranberry insects. None of these, however, appear 

 to be particularly destructive. The horn fly is somewhat 

 more prevalent than a month ago, but is not so troublesome 

 as it was feared it would be. 



Indian Corn. 

 Indian corn promises a good crop at the present time, 

 most correspondents referring to it as in average, good or 

 line condition. Some speak of it as late, but this is usually 



