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beetle is doing considerable damage to elm trees in widely 

 scattered sections. Reports of damage from gypsy moth cat- 

 erpillars come in from an increased area and in increased 

 numbers. Other insects reported as doing damage are rose 

 bugs, squash bugs, currant worms, tent caterpillars, curcu- 

 lios, cabbage worms, spittle insects, cut worms, wire worms 

 and cranberry vine worms. 



Indian Corn. 

 At the time of making return Indian corn was reported 

 as growing very rapidly, under the stimulus of the warm 

 weather and the frequent showers reported from most sec- 

 tions. It was still considerably later than the normal, how- 

 ever, and unless frosts hold off unusually late, or the crop 

 makes an unexpectedly quick growth during August, the pros- 

 pects for the yield of grain are not of the best. For the silo 

 and as stover it will undoubtedly be as valuable as in the 

 ordinary year. Silos increase in favor in the dairy section?, 

 where the greater part of the corn crop is used in this way, 

 but elsewhere only a small proportion of the cut goes into the 

 silo. 



The Hay Crop. 

 Haying was not entirely completed at the time of making 

 returns, as it was late in starting, owing to the backward 

 spring, and there has also been great difficulty in securing 

 help to work. The crop is generally reported to be con- 

 siderably above the average, many saying that it is the 

 heaviest crop ever secured in their sections. Starting slowly, 

 it developed very rapidly with the advent of warm weather, 

 and the timely rains and showers of June and early July 

 brought it to the high point attained in yield. The quality 

 is reported as excellent, with no unusual amount of damage 

 from rain, in spite of the somewhat " catching " weather. 

 On early cut fields the rowen crop promises well, but so much 

 remains to be done, or was but recently cut, that it is im- 

 possible to judge of the prospects of the second crop as a 

 whole. 



