that the agricultural statistics for the next census may be the 

 best and most accurate ever published. To this end we 

 would bespeak a careful reading by those on our mailing 

 list, and would ask each of them to bring the article to the 

 attention of their neighbors as well. 



Progress of the Season. 



The Crop Reporting Board of the Bureau of Statistics of 

 the United States Department of Agriculture (Crop Re- 

 porter for October, 1909) estimates the average condition 

 of the corn crop on October 1 to have been 73.8 as compared 

 with 74.6 a month earlier, 77.8 in 1908, 78 in 1907, and 

 79.2, the ten-year average. 



The preliminary estimate of the average yield per acre 

 of spring wheat is 15.9 bushels, compared with 13.2 bushels, 

 the final estimate in 1908, and 13.5, the average of the past 

 ten years. The indicated total production of spring wheat 

 is about 291,848,000 bushels, against 226,694,000, the final 

 estimate in 1908. The quality is 90.5, aga*inst 88.1 in 

 1908, and 85.5, the average of the past ten years. The in- 

 dicated production of spring and winter wheat combined is 

 about 724,768,000 bushels, compared with 664,602,000 

 finally estimated last year. The quality of all wheat is 90.4, 

 compared with 89.4 last year. 



The average yield per acre of oats is about 30.3 bushels, 

 as compared with 25 bushels finally estimated in 1908, and 

 29.4, the average of the past ten years. The indicated total 

 yield is about 983,618,000 bushels, against 807,156,000 

 finally estimated in 1908. The quality is 91.4, against 81.3 

 last year, and 85.9, the ten-year average. 



The indicated average yield per acre of barley is about 

 23.9 bushels, as compared with 25.1 bushels finally estimated 

 in 1908, and 25.8, the average of the past ten years. The 

 indicated total yield is about 164,636,000 bushels, against 

 166,756,000 finally estimated in 1908. The quality is 83.5, 

 against 89.3 last year, and 87.4, the ten-year average. The 

 average condition of buckwheat at time of harvest was 79.5, 

 against 81.1 on September 1, 81.6 at harvest in 1908, and 

 82.4, the ten-year average condition at harvest. 



