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3. Wliat is the quantity and quality of the hay crop as 

 compared with former years ? 



4. What forage crops are being raised to supplement the 

 hay crop, for the silo, and to eke out the pastures, and what 

 is their condition ? 



5. "Wliat is the condition of market-garden crops, includ- 

 ing potatoes, and how have those already harvested compared 

 in yield and price with former years ? 



6. What is the j^rospect for apples, pears, peaches, plums, 

 quinces, grapes and cranberries ? 



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



8. How have rye, oats and barley compared with former 

 years, both as grain and forage crops ? 



Returns were received from 138 corresj)ondents, and from 

 them the following summary has been compiled : — 



Insects. 



Insects are apparently much less numerous and destructive 

 than usual. The potato beetle is reported by less than half 

 the correspondents and is not doing any considerable damage 

 in any section. The elm leaf beetle is more numerous than 

 usual, and seems to be more widely distributed than ever, 

 practically a fourth of the correspondents mentioning this 

 insect. This Board has a ISTature Leaflet on the elm leaf 

 beetle in process of preparation which we shall be glad to 

 mail to any applying for it. GyjDsy moths also appear to be 

 more widely distributed than formerly, and to have done 

 noticeable damage in more than the usual number of sections. 

 Other insects reported are currant worms, grasshoppers, cab- 

 bage worms, wire worms, forest tent caterpillars, white grubs, 

 cattle flies, brown-tail moth caterpillars, fall web worms, 

 squash bugs, plant lice, cut worms, cranberry vine worms, 

 canker worms, the San Jose scale and onion maggots. 



Indiak" Coex. 



Indian corn has apparently suffered very little from the 



continued drought, taking the State as a whole, and the crop 



was reported as being in excellent condition, of good stand 



and color, and generally forward for the time of year, though 



