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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, includ- 

 ing potatoes, and how have those already harvested com- 

 pared 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? 



Returns were received from one hundred and eighty-seven 

 correspondents, from which the following summary has been 

 made : — 



Insects. 

 The potato beetle is the insect most commonly spoken of 

 as being troublesome, but in no section do its ravages appear 

 to be particularly serious, and if anything it has been less 

 plentiful than usual. The squash bugs, both the black and 

 the striped varieties, appear to be rather more numerous 

 than usual, but they cannot be said to be doing any remark- 

 able amount of damage. Other insects reported are currant 

 worms, cabbage worms, rose bugs, tent caterpillars, canker 

 worms, plant lice, white grubs, cut worms, grasshoppers, 

 the pear tree psylla, the coddling moth, the squash vine 

 borer, corn worms, horn flies, the elm tree leaf beetle, the 

 onion maggot and cranberry vine and fire worms. The opin- 

 ion is prevalent that this is a particularly favorable year for 

 insects, but this is not borne out by the reports of our corre- 

 spondents. These lead us to the conclusion that insects, 

 while fairly plentiful, are not on the whole as injurious as on 

 average seasons. 



Indian Corn. 



Indian corn has been, and still is, very backward. The 



recent warm weather has, however, caused it to grow very 



fast, but it has also suffered of late from the excessive rains. 



The color is reported to be off and the stand uneven, this 



