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 have been received from 164 correspondents, and 

 from them the following summary has been made up : — 



Insects. 



Much less than the usual amount of damage is reported 

 from insects. Potato bugs are most numerous, but even 

 they have been decidedly less injurious than usual, some 

 correspondents reporting them so scarce that no repressive 

 measures have been necessary. Other insects mentioned are 

 squash bugs, elm leaf beetles, cut worms, striped cucumber 

 beetles, currant worms, tent caterpillars, canker worms, 

 white grubs, onion maggots, curculios, cranberry vine 

 worms, borers, horn flies, rose bugs and gypsy moth cater- 

 pillars. 



Indian Corn. 



The wet weather and cold nights have retarded the growth 

 of Indian corn and it is badly in need of warm, growing 

 weather. It is fully two weeks late and perhaps more in 

 western sections, and continued cool weather will mean at 

 least a partial tailure for the crop. In eastern counties it is 

 somewhat more advanced. Silos continue to gain in favor 

 and more corn is used for ensilage each year. 



The Hay Crop. 

 The excess of rainy weather made haying progress very 

 slowly and at the time of making returns much remained to 

 be done, especially in western sections, where haying was, 

 on the whole, not more than half completed. The rains im- 

 proved the quantity of the crop so that it was close to aver- 

 age in western sections. In the eastern counties, where 

 cutting was generally earlier, it was probably not over a 

 two-thirds crop. The quality of the crop was generail}' 

 good, although many fields should have been cut earlier for 

 best results in this respect. Much hay was caught out and 

 badly damaged in the frequent rains. 



