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SUMMAKY OF CrOP CONDITIONS. 



In the circular to correspondents, returnable June 24, the 

 following questions were asked : — 



1. What insects are proving injurious in your locality ? 



2. How is Indian corn looking, and what is the acreage 

 as compared with previous years ? 



3. Has haying begun, and what is the prospect for the 

 crop ? 



4. How does the acreage of early potatoes compare with 

 previous years, and what is the promise for the crop ? 



5. How do early market-garden crops compare in yield and 

 price with former years, and what is the prospect for those 

 not yet harvested ? 



6. How do the quantity and price of dairy products and 

 the supply of dairy cows compare with former years ? 



7. What is the condition of pasturage in your locality ? 



8. What is the outlook for such fruits and berries as are 

 grown for market, naming them ? 



9. To what extent is irrigation practiced in your locality, 

 and what system is most in use ? 



10. HaA^e you had damaging frosts since the last report? 

 If so, on what date or dates, how serious was the damage and 

 to what crops ? 



Returns were received from 123 correspondents, and from 

 them the following summary has been compiled : — 



Insects. 

 With the advent of warm weather and increase in amount 

 of vegetation there has come an increase in the damage by 

 insects over that reported as having been done last month. 

 However, the reports for June do not emphasize destructive- 

 ness of any particular insect. Potato beetles are reported as 

 doing damage by 5.5 correspondents; cutworms, by 35; tent 

 caterpillars, by 33; gypsy moths, by 15; brown-tail moths, 

 by 13 ; elm-leaf beetles and cranberry insects, each by 11 ; 

 with other scattering reports. 



