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In the circular to correspondents returnable to us August 

 26 the following questions were asked : — 



1. What insects are doing the most damage in your 

 locality ? 



2. What is the prospect for rowen? 



3. What is the prospect for winter apples? 



4. What is the prospect for potatoes ? 



5. What is the prospect for the corn crop? 



6. What is the prospect for fodder crops for green feed- 

 ing. 



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



8. How has the oat crop compared with last year's crop? 

 Returns have been received from 109 correspondents, and 



from them the following summary has been made up : — 



Insects. 

 The majority of the correspondents speak of the ravages 

 of insects as mostly over for the season. Grasshoppers are 

 reported as doing considerable damage to pastures and 

 mowings, particularly in the western counties. Potato bugs 

 are doing damage where the tops are still green, and are also 

 reported as attacking tomato plants. In Barnstable County 

 the cranberry fruit worm is generally spoken of as doing 

 damage. Other insects mentioned are the horn fly, the 

 cabbage worm, the squash bug, the white grub, the aspar- 

 agus beetle, the elm tree leaf beetle, the fall tent caterpillar, 

 the codlin moth and the corn worm. 



RowEN. 

 For the State as a whole rowen will probably be a fair 

 average crop; in the four western counties it will, how- 

 ever, fall considerably short of an average crop. Elsewhere 

 in the State it is generally spoken of as a good crop, though 

 some localities report poor or at the best only fair crops. 



WiNTEE Apples. 

 Winter apples are generally reported to be a very poor 

 crop, not a single correspondent speaking of them as good 

 and only three as average. Frost at time of blooming. 



