Insects. 

 Less damage from insects is reported than is customary 

 at this time of year. Cut worms are considerably more 

 plenty than usual, and enough reports have been received 

 from onion-gTOwing sections of more than ordinary damage 

 from the onion maggot to indicate that this insect is much 

 more prevalent than common. Potato bugs are the insect 

 most frequently spoken of, but are doing very little damage 

 at present. Tent caterpillars and canker worms are reported 

 as much less prevalent than usual. Other insects mentioned 

 are currant worms, wu*e worms, squash bugs, cabl^age mag- 

 gots, rose bugs, white grubs, spittle insects, gypsy and 

 brown-tail moth caterpillars, the horn fly, the curculio, plant 

 lice, the cranberry vine worm and the San Jose scale. 



IxDiAX Corn. 

 Indian corn was reported as small and backward at the 

 time of making returns, but generally of good color and 

 otherwise thi'ifty. The wet weather at the time of planting, 

 together with poor seed in some instances, prevented good 

 germination, and as a consequence the stand is uneven and 

 ragged, many fields having been replanted to a considerable 

 degree. The cold nights of the first tAvo decades of June 

 kept corn from making satisfactory progress, but the warm 

 days and nights at the close of the month must have given 

 it a start, and with warm weather during July and August a 

 fair crop should be secured. Unfavorable weather for farm 

 work at the time of corn planting and the poor crops of the 

 last two years have led to a considerable decrease in acreage, 

 the decrease being distributed through all sections of the 

 State. 



The Hay Crop. 



At the time of making returns haying was just begin- 

 ning in some localities, but not in most sections of the 

 State. By the fifth of July it should be well under way in 

 all sections. Present indications are that the crop will not 

 be more than an average one for the State as a whole, the 

 damaae from winterkillino^ beino- more serious than was ex- 



