Crop Eeport for the Month of October, 1898. 



Office of State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., Nov. 1, 1898. 



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

 herewith presented as the final issue for this season. We 

 trust that this work is deemed to be of value by the re- 

 cipients of the bulletins, and in that belief we expect to take 

 up this line of work again the coming spring. We wish to 

 extend the sincere thanks of the office to all our correspond- 

 ents who have so kindly aided us by their reports, and shall 

 look for a renewal of their kind offices another season. 



The special articles printed this season have been as follows : 

 Bulletin No. 1, "Nature's Foresters," by E. H. Forbush ; 

 Bulletin No. 2, " The San Jose Scale in Massachusetts," by 

 A. H. Kirkland, M.S. ; Bulletin No. 3, " Catch-Crops," 

 by Prof. Wm. P. Brooks; Bulletin No. 4, '-Tuberculosis 

 and the Milk Supply," by Geo. M. Whitaker, A.M.; and 

 Bulletin No. 5, " Milk and Cream," by Dr. J. B. Lindsey. 

 Particular attention is called to the article on " Stable Dis- 

 infection," by Dr. Jas. B. Paige, professor of veterinary 

 science at the Massachusetts Agricultural College and veter- 

 inarian to this Board, which will be found printed at the 

 close of this bulletin. 



Progress of the Season. 



The October returns of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture (Crop Circular for October, 1898) give the con- 

 dition of corn on October 1, as 82, as compared with 84.1 

 on September 1, with 77.1 on October 1, 1897, and with 

 82.9, the mean of the October averages of the last ten years. 



The usual October wheat report is withheld, pending the 

 result of further investigations. 



