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5. How do early market-garden crops compare in yield 

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

 those not yet harvested ? 



6. How does the quantity and price of dairy products and 

 the supply and price of dairy cows compare with former 

 years ? 



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



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

 grown for market, naming them ? 



Returns were received from 142 correspondents, and from 

 these returns the following summary has been made up : — 



Insects. 

 Owing to the prevailing cold weather of May and the 

 firet half of June, insects have made but little progress, and 

 were doing very little damage at time of making returns. 

 Potato bugs are the insect most commonly spoken of as prev- 

 alent, but they appear to be doing considerably less damage 

 than usual. Cut worms, tent caterpillars, currant worms 

 and squash bugs are the only other insects which are reported 

 by more than 6 correspondents. Others mentioned are the 

 gypsy and brown-tail moth caterpillars^ cranberry vine worms, 

 wire worms, canker worms, asparagus beetles, onion maggots, 

 flea beetles, the San Jose scale, spittle insects, the curculio, 

 white grubs and the codling moth. 



Indian Corn. 

 Indian corn was planted much later than usual, as a rule, 

 owing to the cold weather of May, and much of it failed to 

 germinate. ISTot all fields have been replanted, and it is 

 probable that, with delay in planting, the acreage has been 

 considerably reduced in the aggregate, certainly where the 

 crop is grown as a grain crop. Owing to cold weather and 

 failure to germinate, the crop is very backward and uneven, 

 but is generally reported of good color, and coming forward 

 rapidly with the recent wann weather. Much depends on 

 the weather of the next two months as to whether the crop 

 will mature. 



