Crop Report for the Month of October 1899. 



- '. Office of State Board of Agriculture, 



Boston, Mass., Nov. 1, 1899. 



Bulletin No. 6, Crop Report for the month of October, is 

 herewith presented as the final issue of the season. Trusting 

 that our work in this line has been of value to those receiv- 

 ing the bulletins we shall doubtless resume it when another 

 growing season comes in. The hearty thanks of the office 

 are tendered to our correspondents, whose voluntary reports 

 have made the issuance of these bulletins possible, and we 

 shall look for a renewal of their kind assistance another 

 season. 



The special articles printed this season have been : Bul- 

 letin No. 1, "Spraying of Crops for Profit," by Prof. S. T. 

 Maynard ; Bulletin No. 2, " Suggestions for the Use of 

 Barnyard Manure," by Prof. Chas. Wellington ; Bulletin 

 No. 3, " The Elm-leaf Beetle in Massachusetts," by A. H. 

 Kirkland, M.S. ; Bulletin No. 4, " Practical Hints for the 

 Dairyman," by Prof. F. S. Cooley ; and Bulletin No. 5, 

 " Birds as Destroyers of Hairy Caterpillars," by E. H. For- 

 bush. 



The usual scientific article is omitted in this mouth's 

 issue, but in its place we would call your attention to the 

 articles at the close of the bulletin, — " Nursery Inspection," 

 printed at the request of the Hatch Experiment Station, 

 and " Farmers, prepare for the Twelfth Census," printed at 

 the request of the U. S. Census Office. Each of these articles 

 is timely and important, and the suggestions in each have 

 the hearty approval of this office. You will also find prin- 

 ted at the close of the bulletin an " Index to Crop Reports, 

 which has been prepared by this office for the benefit of 

 those who may desire to preserve a file of the bulletins. 

 For the benefit of any such we will add that we have back 

 numbers on hand and can doubtless fill any vacancies which 

 may exist in the files of any of our readers. 



