Crop Eeport for the Month of October, 



1911. 



Office of State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., Nov. 1, 1911. 



This report is the final issue of the season for 1911. We 

 wish to express our hearty appreciation to our crop corre- 

 spondents, who have furnished us the information that made 

 this publication possible, without remuneration and with re- 

 markable regularity and faithfulness. We assure them that 

 their work is appreciated, and that any favor we can do them 

 at any time will be cheerfully rendered. 



The special articles printed this year have been: Bulletin 

 1^0. 1, " The growing and marketing of squashes, melons and 

 cucumbers," by Henry M. Howard; Bulletin No. 2, "Cab- 

 bage and cauliflower as market-garden and farm crops," 

 adaptation by Howard N". Legate of Farmers' Bulletin on 

 " Cabbage," by L. C. Corbett ; Bulletin No. 3, " The more 

 important root crops of the market garden," by H. F. Tomp- 

 son ; Bulletin No. 4, " Beans, corn, tomatoes, lettuce and 

 spinach as market-garden crops," by Henry M. Howard; 

 and Bulletin No. 5, " Some of the essentials of bee-keeping," 

 by Burton N. Gates, Ph.D., State Inspector of Apiaries. 

 The edition of each of these bulletins, with the exception of 

 No. 5, is completely exhausted, but we are still able to fur- 

 nish the latter to those desiring it. These articles will be 

 included in Bulletin No. 5, now in process of preparation, 

 and applications for these reports will be filled by sending 

 that bulletin, when issued. 



The article for this month is an adaptation of Farmers' 

 Bulletin No. 205, of the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, on " The cultivation of mushrooms," by B. M. 

 Duggar. professor of horticulture in the University of Mis- 

 souri. Mr. Howard N. Legate, first clerk, has prepared the 

 adaptation, which, by reason of lack of space, is considerably 



