Crop Eepoet for the Month of October, 1896. 



Office State Board of Aghicvltl're, 



Boston, Mass., Nov. 1, 1896. 



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

 herewith presented as the final issue for this season. It is 

 hoped that this work has been of value to those who have 

 received the bulletins, and with this hope and belief we ex- 

 pect to again take up the work in the spring of 1897. The 

 sincere thanks of this office are extended to the correspond- 

 ents who have aided us by their reports, and we confidently 

 rely on their assistance in the future. 



The special articles printed this season have been as 

 follows: Bulletin No. 1, "Report of the Meetings of the 

 Massachusetts Fruit Growers' Association," by Prof. S. T. 

 Maynard ; Bulletin No. 2, " The Grass Crop," by Dr. C. A. 

 Goessmann ; Bulletin No. 3, " The Army Worm (Leucania 

 unipuncta)" by A. H. Kirkland, M.S.; Bulletin No. 4, 

 *' The Crow in Massachusetts," by E. H. Forbush ; and Bul- 

 letin No. 5, " The Babcock Milk Tester: its value and im- 

 portance to the producer of and dealer in sale milk," by 

 Geo. M. Whitaker. Attention is called to the article in this 

 issue on " Concentrated Feed Stuffs," by Dr. J. B. Lindsey, 

 Department of Foods and Feeding, Hatch Experiment Sta- 

 tion of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. 



Progress of the Season. 



Report No. 142 (October, 1896) of the Statistician of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture gives the general 

 condition of corn as 90.5 per cent as against 91 for the 

 month of September. 



The returns of yield per acre of all wheat indicate a pro- 

 duction of 11.9 bushels, which is six-tenths of a bushel less 



