of the 3^ear. In south-eastern Massachusetts they were badly 

 injured by the severe drought. 



Cranberries. 

 A special report on cranberries has been prepared and 

 will be found printed on pages 22-27 of this bulletin. 



Other Crops. 

 The onion crop is uneven in condition and yield. In 

 eastern sections the drought has injured it, but in the 

 western sections the crop is fair. Celery looks well, but is 

 late. Cauliflowers, beans, cabbages and other vegetables 

 are good. Tobacco has been generally harvested and is a 

 fine crop. A number of sales at from twenty-five to thirty- 

 two cents per pound have been made. 



Insects. 

 Complaints of severe annoyance to cattle by flies, supposed 

 to be the horn fly, have been received from Williamstown, 

 Windsor and Cheshire in Berkshire County ; Northfield in 

 Franklin County; Worthington and Chesterfield in Hamp- 

 shire County ; Wilbraham, Ludlow and Monson in Hampden 

 County; Sutton, Warren, Leominster and Spencer in 

 Worcester County ; Wareham in Plymouth County ; and 

 Eastham in Barnstable County. A number of complaints 

 have been made of ravages by the fall tent caterpillar. 

 Scattering references are also made to grasshoppers, cab- 

 bage worms, tomato worms, cranberry insects, onion thrips, 

 squash root maggots, strawberry grubs, potato beetles, cur- 

 culios, muck Avorms, cut worms and canker worms. 



The Horn Fly. 

 Several correspondents, and others, having called the 

 attention of this office to the probable presence of the cattle 

 pest known as the horn fly, it has been thought best to print 

 the following in this issue of the Crop Report. The infor- 

 mation has been largely gleaned from Bulletin No. Q2 of the 

 New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, — Prof. John 

 B. Smith, entomologist. 



