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In the circular to correspondents returnable to us Septem- 

 ber 22 the following questions were asked : — 



1. How does the crop of Indian corn compare with a nor- 

 mal crop? 



2. Arc rowen and fall feed up to the normal? 



3. Has the usual amount of fall seeding been done, and 

 what is its present condition ? 



4. How does the onion crop compare with a normal crop? 



5. How do potatoes compare with the normal in yield and 

 quality ? 



6. What is the prospect for root crops, celery and other 

 late market-garden crops ? 



7. How have apples, pears, peaches, grapes and cranber- 

 ries turned out? 



Returns were received from 151 correspondents, from 

 which the following summary has been made : — 



Indian Corn. 

 Indian corn was somewhat backward all the season, and 

 the dull and rainj^ weather of the first half of September 

 did not ripen it as rapidly as had been hoped, so that at time 

 of making- returns much of the crop was still unsecured. An 

 excellent growth of stover was reported, and a good, though 

 not remarkable, growth of ears. Altogether the crop was 

 fully up to the normal, and in some localities perhaps slightly 

 above. Slight damage to the leaves was reported by the 

 frost of the 14th in some localities, but nothing to aflect the 

 crop as a whole to any appreciable degree. With the absence 

 of frost and good weather until the time of going to press, 

 much of the crop must have been secured, and a few days 

 more of favorable weather would put it all practically out of 

 danger. 



Rowen and Fall Feed. 

 The rains of the first two weeks of the month improved 

 rowen on later-cut fields, and somewhat injured it by lodging- 

 on those where the first crop Avas early secured. On the 

 whole, the crop was considerably improved, but is not yet 

 up to the normal in any section. Owing to the bad weather, 

 much of the crop still remains unsecured, and where cut after 



