Crop Report for the Month of August, 1895. 



Office State Board of Agriculture, 



Boston, Mass., Sept. 2, 1895. 



Bulletin No. 4, Crop Report for the month of August, is 

 herewith presented. Particular attention is called to the 

 article on " The San Jose Scale," by the entomologist of the 

 Board, at the end of this bulletin. 



Progress of the Season. 



Report No. 129 (August, 1895) of the Statistician of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture shows an improve- 

 ment in the condition of corn of about three points during 

 the month of July, or from 99.3 to 102.5. 



The condition of spring wheat has fallen since the last 

 report 6.3 points, being 95.9, against 102.2 for the month 

 of July. Crop excellent, with every indication of a very 

 large yield in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and Colorado. 

 Dry weather, insects, smut, hail and lodging storms have 

 done damao:e in some States. 



Oats are a better crop than last year by 7.7 points, the 

 condition August 1 being 84.5. Drought and grasshop- 

 pers, smut or rust, and heavy or continuous rains with 

 severe winds, have lowered the general average of condition. 

 The crop in the eastern States is excellent. 



Barley has fallen off 4.7 points in condition since July 1. 

 Damage from drought and cinch bugs in Wisconsin and 

 Iowa, and heavy rains, winds and lodging in Minnesota. A 

 deficient crop in California. 



Spring rye has materially improved, and the condition 

 August 1 is 84. This is the condition in Wisconsin, which 

 produces half of the crop of the whole country. 



Acreage of buckwheat 96.5 per cent of last year's acre- 

 age. Condition is 85.2, which excels last year's condition 

 by 2.9 points. 



