Crop Eeport for the Month of September, 1895. 



Office of State Board of Agriculture, 



BosTox, Mass., Oct. 1, 1895. 



Bulletin No. 5, Crop Report for the month of September, 

 is herewith presented. Particular attention is called to the 

 article on "Insecticides," by the assistant entomologist of 

 the committee on gypsy moth, insects and birds, at the end 

 of this bulletin. 



Progress of the Season. 



Report No. 130 (September, 1895) of the Statistician 

 of the United States Department of Agriculture shows a de- 

 cline in the condition of corn to 9(i.4 from 102.5 in the 

 month of August. The prospects of the crop have suffered 

 from drought during the month in the surplus-producing 

 States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska. In 

 the South the indications are that the crop will be the larg- 

 est ever produced. 



The general condition of wheat, considering both spring 

 and winter varieties, when harvested was 75.4, against 83.7 

 last year and 74 in 1893. 



Condition of oats when harvested : general average, 86, 

 an improvement of 1.5 over August. In 1894 the final re- 

 port of condition was 77.8; and in 1893, 74.9. In the 

 States of largest production the condition is considerably 

 below the general average. 



Condition of rye at time of harvest, 83.7; little change 

 since August. Last year, 86.9; in 1893, 82. Crop in the 

 East and South generally good, the average being lowered 

 by condition in western States. 



Five-sixths of the product of barley in 1894 were pro- 

 duced in six States, which, with the condition at harvest the 

 present year, are here given, viz. : New York, 90 ; Wis- 



