which is 1.7 bushels less than last October's estimate. The 

 highest rate of yield is in the New England, Eastern, ex- 

 treme Western, and Mountain States, and lowest in the Cen- 

 tral, Western and Southern States. Drought in the fall and 

 again in the spring, together with the severe winter, oper- 

 ated to bring about this poor condition. 



The yield of oats is expected to be about 641,000,000 

 bushels against 661,000,000 bushels last year, or a yield per 

 acre of 23.5 bushels against 24 3 last year. This falling off 

 was largely due to the dry weather. 



The average estimated yield of rye per acre is 13.3 against 

 12.7 in October, 1892, the September report making the 

 condition when harvested 82. For barley a yield of 21.7 

 bushels per acre is indicated, against 23.7 last October. 

 The last report of the condition of buckwheat is 73.5, 

 against 77.5 for last month, and 85.6 in October, 1892. 



Cotton has declined 2.7 points during the past month and 

 the condition is now 70.7. The decline in condition has 

 been steady and persistent during the season. The weather 

 conditions and the various insect enemies of the plant have 

 contributed to the resulting condition. Weather conditions 

 are favorable to successful picking in most parts. 



The average condition of potatoes is given as 71.2, a fall of 

 0.6 of a point only since the last report. The general rains 

 of the month caused a cessation of the rapid decline in con- 

 dition. In only three years in the last decade has the Octo- 

 ber condition been lower, viz., 1887, 1890 and 1892. 



The weather during September was generally favorable in 

 the tobacco growing districts, but was generally too late to 

 repair the damage wrought during the early part of the sea- 

 son. The present condition is 74, which is the lowest Octo- 

 ber condition since 1887, when it stood at 73.8. Many 

 localities report damage by severe wind storms and some 

 others by hail. 



In Massachusetts the average yield per acre of rye is 

 given as 16.2 bushels, the average yield of oats as 34.8 

 bushels, the average yield of barley as 30 bushels, the aver- 

 age condition of buck wheat October 1 as 82, the average 

 condition of corn as 87, the average condition of potatoes as 

 81, and the average condition of tobacco as 86. 



