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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, in- 

 cluding potatoes, and how have those alreadj^ harvested 

 compared 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 170 correspondents, and from 

 them the following summary has been made : — 



Insects. 



Potato bugs appear to be more common than for several 

 years past and to be doing very much more damage. An 

 increasing number of correspondents report damage from 

 gypsy and brown-tail moths. Aside from these insects there 

 is surprisingly little damage reported. Other insects re- 

 ported as doing damage are cut worms, squash bugs, rose 

 bugs, currant worms, cattle flies and horn flies, cranberry 

 vine worms, white grubs, wire worms, asparagus beetles, 

 tent caterpillars, canker worms and grasshoppers. 



Indian Corn. 

 At the beginning of the month Indian corn was very back- 

 ward, but the warm weather of the month brought it forward 

 very rapidly, until, at the time of making returns, it was 

 little, if any, below the normal in development, and the 

 prospect for the crop was very promising. With seasonable 

 weather during the remainder of the summer a good crop of 

 both grain and stover seems assured. A constantly increas- 

 ing proportion of the crop is grown for ensilage every year, 

 the greatest in the strictly dairy sections. Even here, how- 

 ever, there appear from the reports to be many towns where 

 there are few silos, so slowly do progressive methods make 

 their way. 



