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containing entry blank, can be secured from the secretary, 

 G. E. Stickney, J^ewburyport, Mass., or by applying to the 

 office of the Board of Agriculture. 



Summary of Ceop Conditions. 

 In the circular to correspondents, returnable September 

 23, the following questions were asked : — 



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

 mal crop ? 



2. Is the rowen crop up to the usual average ? Fall feed ? 



3. Has the usual amount of fall seeding been done ? What 

 is its present condition ? 



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



5. How do potatoes compare with normal, in yield ? in 

 quality ?" 



6. What is the prospect for root crops ? for celery ? for 

 other late market-garden crops ? 



v. How do the following fruits compare with the average, 

 in yield : apples, pears, peaches, grapes, cranberries ? In 

 quality : apples, pears, peaches, grapes, cranberries ? 



8. Has there been any damage from early frosts ? If so, 

 on what dates ? To what crops ? To what extent ? 



9. Is there an awakened interest in modern methods of 

 pruning and the general care of the apple orchard in your 

 vicinity, and has this interest been made manifest in larger 

 yields of better fruit ? 



Returns were received from 11 Y correspondents, from 

 which the following summary has been compiled : — 



Indian Corn. 

 The warm weather of the past month, with the absence of 

 killing frosts except in restricted areas and on low and ex- 

 posed sections, has been of immense benefit to the corn crop, 

 transforming what promised but a very meager crop into 

 what will prove to be a very satisfactory one. Returns show 

 that the crop is in much better condition -in the eastern and 

 southeastern counties than in the western part of the State. 

 Figures given in the returns indicate that the crop is about 



