a part of every well-stocked home garden, and which, with 

 proper care, may well be made profitable by those having 

 the proper location. The subject of the article is " Grape 

 culture," and it is by Mr. Edward R. Farrar, a grape grower 

 of long and profitable experience. Seldom have we presented 

 an article which contained so much solid matter on the sub- 

 ject treated, condensed into so few pages. 



For the information of our readers we give the following 

 statement of facts in regard to the publication of our last 

 crop report. Bulletin ISTo. 5. The last copy was placed in 

 the printers' hands on September 30. Copies were received 

 from the printers as follows: October 11, 600; October 13, 

 4,800; October 14, 1,000. The unusual delay was largely 

 due to pressure of work on the publication of the State -paj 

 rolls, which handicapped the printers unduly. It will be re- 

 membered that October 12 was a legal holiday. 



Progress of the Season. 



The Crop Reporting Board of the Bureau of Statistics of 

 the United States Department of Agriculture (Crop Re- 

 porter for October, 1910) estimates the average condition of 

 corn on October 1 to have been 80.3, as compared with 78.2 

 a month earlier, 73.8 in 1909, 77.8 in 1908, and a ten-year 

 average of 78.4. 



The preliminary estimate of the average yield per acre 

 of spring wheat is 11.8 bushels, compared with 15.8 bushels, 

 the final estimate in 1909, and 13.7, the average of the past 

 ten years. The indicated total production of spring wheat is 

 233,475,000 bushels, against 290,823,000 bushels in 1909. 

 The quality is 94.1, against a ten-year average of 86.2. The 

 indicated production of spring and %vinter wheat combined 

 is 691,769,000 bushels, against 737,189,000 bushels finally 

 estimated in 1909. The quality is 93.1, against 90.4 in 1909 

 and 89.4 in 1908. 



The average yield per acre of oats is about 31.9 bushels, 

 as compared with 30.3 in 1909, and a ten-year average of 

 29.5. The indicated total yield is 1,096,396,000 bushels, 

 against 1,007,353,000 finally estimated in 1909. The qual- 

 ity is 93.8, against a ten-year average of 86.1. 



