Crop Eeport for the Month of August, 1913. 



Office of the State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston. Mass., Sept. 1, 1913. 



The following report for the month of August reflects the 

 droughty conditions prevailing throughout the State up to the 

 time of going to press. Recent, steady, penetrating rains 

 have doubtless benefited Indian corn, rowen and late market- 

 garden crops. 



0^^dng to the lack of a sufficient appropriation to carry on 

 the special crop reporting service, this work has been reluc- 

 tantly discontinued for the present. The value of issuing 

 special reports on those crops, in growing which large numbers 

 of our farmers are engaged, has been sufficiently demonstrated 

 to justify the resumption of the service another year, or as 

 soon as funds permit. 



In the special article on "Diversified Farm Accounting," 

 the author, Mr. L. A. Sloman of Amesbury, furnishes much 

 to think about. To pay, a business must be run by business 

 methods. Farming is a business, and business men, running 

 things in a business-like way, are making it pay. ]Mr. Sloman 

 himself is a student of time and efficiency, and an expert in 

 practical accounting for farms, country estates and agri- 

 cultural school teaching. 



Weather of August. 

 The month was slightly warmer and much drier than the 

 average August. The temperature conditions were a con- 

 tinuation of those that prevailed through July. There were 

 a few very warm days, with the temperature 95° or above, but 

 during the remainder of the month the daily maxima were 

 unusually uniform, generally ranging well into the 80's. The 

 night temperatures were very even, with minima round 60°. 



