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

 portion of the crop will be pnt into the silo ? 



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

 compared with former years ? 



4. What forage crops are being raised to supplement the 

 hay crop, for the silo and to eke out the pastures, and what 

 is their condition ? 



5. What is the condition of market-garden crops, including 

 potatoes, and how have those already harvested compared in 

 yield and price with former years ? 



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

 quinces, grapes and cranberries ? 



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



8. How have rye, oats and barley compared with former 

 years, both as grain and forage crops ? 



9. Are bees kept in your town, and if so to what extent % 

 Returns were received from 140 correspondents, and from 



them the following summary has been made up : — 



Insects. 

 There is less complaint of damage by insects than usual, 

 many correspondents saying that no insect seems to be doing 

 noticeable damage. The potato bug is the one most com- 

 monly reported, but does not appear to be unusually plentiful 

 or destructive in any locality. The elm-leaf beetle is reported 

 in every county except Berkshire and the Islands, and seems 

 to be especially numerous in eastern sections. There is no 

 doubt that this pest is extending its area and forms a serious 

 menace to our most beautiful shade trees. Gypsy moths are 

 reported by fifteen correspondents, in eastern sections, as 

 doing damage, a greater number than have previously com- 

 plained of this insect. Other insects mentioned are plant 

 lice, which seem to have been unusually plentiful this year, 

 cabbage worms, tent caterpillars, squash bugs, flies on horses 

 and cattle, white grubs, grasshoppers, the San Jose scale, 

 cut worms, the codling moth, the pear tree psylla, black ants, 

 spittle insects and cranberry vine worms. 



