Crop Eepoet for the Month of September, 



1909. 



Office of State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., Oct. 1, 1909. 



Bulletin No. 5, Crop Report for September, is herewith 

 presented. An article will be found at the close of the bulle- 

 tin on " The culture of the pear," by George T. Powell of 

 Ghent, N. Y. Mr. Powell is a fruit grower of a great deal 

 of experience, and at one time was largely engaged in the 

 growing of pears. The difficulties which led him to reduce 

 the area of his pear orchard have been surmounted by recent 

 methods. The area devoted to this fruit all over the country 

 has been greatly reduced in recent years, while the demand 

 has increased, so that at present prices pear-growing is an 

 attractive branch of horticulture. The inquiries we have 

 received for information on this fruit have led us to the con- 

 clusion that more interest is being taken in the subject than 

 for some time, and we therefore feel that the article is an 

 important and timely one. 



Peogeess of the Season. 



The monthly report of the Crop Reporting Board of the 

 Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Agriculture ( Crop 

 Reporter for September, 1909) shows the condition of corn 

 on September 1 to have been 74. 6, as compared with 84.4 

 a month earlier, 79.4 on Sept. 1, 1908, 77.1 in 1907, and 

 a ten-year average of 80.6. 



The average condition of spring wheat when harvested was 

 88.6, as compared with 91.6 a month earlier, 77.6 in 1908, 

 77.1 in 1907, and a ten-year average of 76.9. 



The average condition of barley when harvested was 80.5, 

 against 84.5 a month earlier, 81.2 in 1908, 78.5 in 1907, and 

 a ten-year average of 79.8. 



