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Indian Corn. 

 Indian corn, as a whole, has been rather backward, but is 

 now growing fast and a good crop is promised. Stand and 

 color are generally spoken of as good. Very few speak of 

 the crop as poor or below the average, complaint being prin- 

 cipally confined to lateness. Probably rather more will be 

 put into the silo than ever before. The poor hay crops of 

 the last few years have led fjirmers to pay more attention 

 to the silo than was formerly the case. The wide variation 

 in the reports makes it impossible to estimate the proportion 

 of the crop used for ensilage with any degree of accuracy. 



The Hay Crop. 

 The frequent rains of the month delayed haying and in 

 many sections it was not completed at the time of making 

 returns. The crop necessarily falls below the average and 

 probably three-fourths of a full crop is as safe an estimate as 

 could be made. The quality is generally spoken of as good, 

 though much was damaged by rain. 



Forage Crops. 

 The drought of the early part of the season, forecasting a 

 small hay crop, doubtless led many farmers to give unusual 

 attention to forage crops. The rains during July were very 

 timely for these crops and they are all reported as in excel- 

 lent condition. Fodder corn is the crop most extensively 

 grown and easily leads the rest in point of production. 

 Oats, Hungarian grass, barley and millet, in the order 

 named, are also much grown. Other crops grown to a less 

 extent are rye, oats and peas, oats and vetch, barley and 

 peas, soja beans, wheat and vetch. Cabbage and turnips, 

 while not strictly speaking forage crops, are also raised for 

 stock feeding. 



Market-garden Crops. 



Market-garden crops are generally in good condition and 



the prospect is for a good yield of those not yet harvested. 



Prices have held about as usual, certainly not falling otf from 



last year. So much attention is now paid to this branch of 



