shorter than the original article, but is thought to contain 

 all the essential points necessary for the information of those 

 contemplating a beginning in mushroom growing. There is 

 no attempt to classify or identify mushrooms of various vari- 

 eties or species, the purpose of the article being to treat 

 merely of the commercial side of growing and handling the 

 crop. 



Progress of the Season. 

 The Crop Reporting Board of the Bureau of Statistics 

 of the United States Department of Agriculture estimates, 

 from the reports of the correspondents and agents of the 

 bureau, as follows : — 



For the United States. 



1 Eight-year average. 



The yields indicated by the condition of crops on Oct. 1, 

 1911, or at time of harvest, the final yield in 1910, and the 

 averages for 1906-10 follow : — 



1 Average, 1905-09. 



