Ceop Eeport for the Month or August, 1901. 



Office of State Board of Aoricultuke, 

 Boston, Mass., Sept. 3, 1901. 



Bulletin No. 4, Crop Report for the month of August, is 

 herewith presented. Particular attention is called to the 

 article on " Poultry keeping as a principal feature of diver- 

 sified farming," by John H. Robinson, editor of "Farm 



Poultry." 



Progress of the Season. 



The August returns of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture (Crop Reporter for August, 1901) state that the 

 average condition of corn declined 27.3 points during July, 

 and on August 1 was 54, being 33.5 points lower than last 

 year, 35.9 points lower than in 1899, and 33.6 points below 

 the mean of the August averages for the last ten years. 



The average condition of spring wheat declined 15.3 points 

 during July, being 80.3 on August 1, which was 23.9 points 

 higher than on the corresponding date last year, and but 3.3 

 points lower than on Aug. 1, 1899, and 1.2 points below the 

 mean of the August averages of the last ten years. 



The averasre condition of oats was 73.6, a decline of 10.1 

 points during July, and 11.4 points lower than on the corre- 

 sponding date of last year, 17.2 points lower than in 1899, 

 and 10.2 points below the mean of the August averages for 

 the last ten years. 



The average condition of barley declined 4.4 points dur- 

 ing July, being 86.9, which, however, was 15.3 points higher 

 than a year ago, but 6.7 points lower than in 1899, and 2.8 

 points above the mean of the August averages of the last ten 

 years. 



The average condition of spring rye declined 9.7 points 

 during July, and was 83.6 on August 1, which was 7.6 points 

 higher than on the corresponding date last year, 5.4 points 

 lower than on Aug. 1, 1899, and 2.2 points below the mean 

 of the August averages of the last ten years. 



