CROP REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 1893. 



Office State Board of Agriculture, 



Boston, Mass., Oct. 1, 1893. 



Attention is called to the fact that with the issue of Sep- 

 tember 25 the weekly crop bulletins of the New England 

 Weather Service ceased for the season. It is expected that 

 these bulletins will be sent to those upon our mailing list 

 with the coming of the next growing season. 



Progress of the Season. 



In Report No. 108 (September, 1893) the statistician of 

 the United States Department of Agriculture gives the con- 

 dition of corn as 76.7, being a decline of a little over 10 

 points from the August, and over 16 points from the July, 

 report. The condition for the same month in 1892 was 

 79.6, or nearly 3 points higher. There has been a general 

 decline in condition throughout the country, caused by the 

 widely prevailing drought. The change is marked in nearly 

 all the States of surplus production. 



The condition of wheat, considering both spring and winter 

 varieties, when harvested, was 74, against 85.3 in 1892. 

 This is the lowest average since 1885, when it was 72. In 

 the New England, eastern and most of the southern States, 

 and also in Ohio, the crop was harvested in good condition 

 and the yield averaged well. 



The general average of condition for oats is 74.9, against 

 78.9 in 1892. The season has been unfavorable from early 

 spring, and the long-continued drought caused a constant 

 decline until harvest. Rust, grasshoppers and the army 

 Avorm are reported to h:ive damaged the crop in localities. 



The average for rye is the lowest September average given 

 out for years, being 82, against 88.5 last year and 95.1 in 



