Crop Eeport for the Month of October, 1895. 



Office State Board of Agriculture, 



Boston, Mass., Nov. 1, 1895. 



Bulletin No. 6, Crop Report for the month of October, is 

 presented as the final issue of the season. It is believed 

 that the work accomplished in this line this season has been 

 of value to those who have been the recipients of the bulle- 

 tins. The sincere thanks of this ofiice are extended to cor- 

 respondents who have helped to this result. It is hoped the 

 work may be continued another season. 



The special articles printed this season have been as fol- 

 lows : Bulletin No. 1, " Tuberculin, — What it is, how it is 

 used, what it does;" Bulletin No. 2, "Hints on Land 

 Drainage;" Bulletin No. 3, "Birds as Protectors of Or- 

 chards ; " Bulletin No. 4, " The San Jos6 Scale ; " and Bulle- 

 tin No. 5, "Insecticides." In this issue may be found an 

 index to the bulletins of 1893, 1894 and 1895, which may 

 prove of use to those who preserve a file of the bulletins. 



Progress of the Season. 



Report No. 131 (October, 1895) of the Statistician of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture makes the general 

 condition of corn 95.5 per cent against 96.4 for the month 

 of September. In most of the Southern States the condi- 

 tion has fallen since the last report. 



The returns of yield per acre of wheat indicate a produc- 

 tion of 12.5 bushels, being six-tenths of a bushel less than last 

 October's estimate. The indicated quality for the country 

 is 85.7. 



Preliminary reports of yield of oats average 29.6 bushels 

 per acre, a considerable improvement upon 24.5 bushels in 

 1894, 23.5 in 1893 and 24.3 in 1892. Returns as to quality 

 show a general average of 91, the range being from 76 in 

 Texas to 104 in South Dakota. 



