Crop Eepoet for the Month of September, 1913. 



Office of the State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., Oct. 1, 1913. 



The report on croj) yield, quality and prospect, and 

 weather, for the month of September is presented herewith. 

 The arrival of rain early in the month inspired the hope 

 that j)erhaps the effects of the long drought would be offset 

 to some extent. Such hope was immediately dispelled, how- 

 ever, by the occurrence of damaging frosts throughout the 

 State. 



In the special Bulletin on " Farm Ice Houses," Prof. B. 

 S. Pickett, the author, explains briefly the use to which an 

 ice supply may be put, and describes four types of ice- 

 storage plants in sufficient detail for any one to build. 



Our farmers produce beef, milk, butter, poultry, eggs, 

 apples and small fruits, the marketable qualities of which 

 are improved by proper icing, and in addition there is the 

 financial advantage accruing from the ability to hold these 

 products for the highest market prices. 



Weather of September. 

 The weather of the month was near the seasonal average, 

 the temperature and the rainfall departing but little from 

 the September normals. There Avas a rainy-spell, with mod- 

 erate rainfall, from the ISth to the 22d, inclusive, but 

 during the rest of the month the precipitation was the result 

 of local showers. Generally speaking, the rainfall for the 

 month ranged from 10 to 30 per cent below the September 

 average. The month as a whole was slightly cooler than the 

 average, the monthly temperatures over the State ranging 

 from one-half to one degi-ee below the normal. The daily 

 maxima and minima temperatures were quite even, there 

 being no very warm days or unseasonably cold nights. The 



