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SUMMARY OF GENERAL CROP CONDITIONS. 



In the circular to general crop correspondents, returnable 

 June 27, the following questions were asked : — 



1. What insects are proving most injurious in your local- 

 ity ? (Name in order of greatest damage done.) 



2. Give condition of Indian corn (100 representing nor- 

 mal). What is the acreage as compared with normal (give 

 per cent) ? Increase; decrease. 



3. (a) Has haying begun? (&) What is the hay crop 

 prospect (100 representing normal) ? 



4. (a) Compared with normal, what is the acreage of 

 early potatoes (give per cent)? Increase; decrease. (&) 

 What is the prospect for the crop (100 representing nor- 

 mal) ? 



5. (a) How do early market-garden crops compare with 

 normal (give per cent) ? In yield; in price. (&) What is 

 the prospect for those not yet harvested (100 representing 

 normal) ? 



6. How does the supply of dairy cows compare with one 

 year ago (give per cent) ? Increase ; decrease. 



T. (a) How does the production of the following dairy 

 products compare with that of one year ago (give per cent) ? 

 Milk : increase ; decrease. Cream : increase ; decrease. But- 

 ter: increase; decrease, (h) What is the average net whole- 

 sale price, per can of Sl/o quarts, received for milk ? What 

 is the average retail price per quart? How do these prices 

 compare with those of one year ago ? 



8. What is the condition of pasturage in your locality (100 

 representing normal) ? 



9. What is the outlook for such of the following fruits as 

 are grown for market (100 representing a normal crop) ? 

 Apples, pears, peaches, plums, strawberries, currants, goose- 

 berries, raspberries, blackberries, cranberries. 



