The Hay Crop. 

 The hay crop appears to be somewhat under, the average 

 in quantity on the whole, though probably less so than re- 

 ports would indicate, as the tendency is to compare it with 

 last year's heavy crop. The quality is generally reported 

 to be excellent, and the crop was secured in good condition 

 as a rule, though a few correspondents report injury from 

 showers. Kain is needed to start the second crop. 



Forage Crops. 

 The acreage of forage crops is probably slightly increased, 

 owing to the poor prospects for the hay crop early in the 

 season. Corn is the most popular crop with the farmers, 

 with the millets a close second, and oats, Hungarian grass 

 and barley following, in the order named. Oats and peas 

 are apparently gaining in popularity as a combination for 

 soiling and the silo. Other forage crops grown are rye, 

 wheat, cabbage, turnips and clover. Corn was generallj^ in 

 excellent condition at time of making returns, but the other 

 crops were in some cases reported as showing the need of 

 rain. 



Market-garden Crops. 

 Market-garden crops are generally in good, though not 

 extra, condition at the time of making returns, and prices 

 received for those marketed had not varied much from the 

 normal. Some complaints of poor germination and lack of 

 moisture were received, but these were not from the princi- 

 pal market-garden sections. 



Early Potatoes. 

 No early potatoes had been dug at the time of making 

 returns, but the vines were generally reported to be in tine 

 condition and promising well. Some correspondents re- 

 port them to be setting poorly, but this is not at all a prev- 

 alent complaint as yet, whatever future results may show. 



