Crop Eepoet for the Month of September, 1897. 



Office of State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., Oct. 1, 1897. 



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

 is herewith presented. Particular attention is called to the 

 article on " Massachusetts Weeds," by Geo. E. Stone, 

 Ph. D., Professor of Botany at the Massachusetts Agricult- 



ural College. 



Progress of the Season. 



Eeport No. 152 (September, 1897), of the Statistician of 

 the United States Department of Agriculture shows a de- 

 cline in the condition of corn of 4.9 points, the present 

 condition, 79.3, being 11.7 points lower than on Sept. 1, 

 1896, and 3.3 points lower than the September average for 

 the last ten years. 



The condition of wheat, 85.7, is 11.1 points higher than 

 on Sept. 1, 1896, and 4.5 points higher than the September 

 average for the last ten years. 



The average condition of oats is 84.6, as compared with 

 86 last month, with 74 a year ago, and 80.7, the September 

 average for the last ten years. 



The average condition of barley, 86.4, shows a decline 

 of 1.1 points during the month, but is higher by 3.3 points 

 than on Sept. 1, 1896, and by 1.9 points than the September 

 average for the last ten years. 



The average condition of rye, 90.1, is 8.1 points higher 

 than on Sept. 1, 1896, and 3.1 points above the average for 

 the last ten years. 



The condition of buckwheat, 95.1, shows a slight im- 

 provement during the month. It is also 1.9 points higher 

 than last year, and 7.3 higher than the September average 



