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In the circular to correspondents returnable June 30 the 

 following questions were asked ; — 



1. What insects are doing the most damage in your 

 locality? 



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

 as compared with previous years? 



3. How is ha3'ing progressing, and what is the prospect 

 for the crop ? 



4. How does the acreage of early potatoes compare with 

 previous years, and do they promise a full average crop? 



5. How have early market garden crops compared in 

 yield and price with former years, and what is the prospect 

 for those not yet harvested ? 



6. How do dairy products compare in quantity and price 

 with last year, and what is the condition of dairy stock as 

 regards health? 



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



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

 grown for market in your locality, naming them ? 



Returns were received from 107 correspondents, and from 

 these the following summary was made : — 



Insects. 



The potato beetle appears to be the only insect which is 

 generally prevalent, nearly every correspondent reporting 

 its ravaijes to some extent. Rose buj^s have done consider- 

 able damage in certain localities, but in most towns they 

 have not appeared in such numbers as to become particularly 

 troublesome. Other insects reported as committing depre- 

 dations are currant worms, cabbage worms, wire worms, 

 onion maggots, canker worms, squash bugs, grasshoppers, 

 cut worms and the curculio. In no case, however, have their 

 ravages become particularly serious. Only three reports of 

 the presence of the horn tiy have been received. 



Indian Corn. 



Indian corn is generally reported as looking well, though 

 backward. The cold weather held it back for some time, 

 but since the coming of warm weather it has come forward 



