Crop Eeport foe the Month of September, 



1904. 



Office of State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., Oct. 1, 1904. 



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

 presented herewith. The reader's attention is called to the 

 article at the close of the bulletin on ' ' Breeds for the Farm 

 and Farmers as Poultry Breeders," by John H. Robinson, 

 editor of " Farm-Poultry." This article is in a measure sup- 

 plementary to Mr. Robinson's previous articles on poultry 

 matters, published in the crop reports of former years, each 

 of which dealt especially with some phase of the poultry busi- 

 ness as it applied to farmers rather than to poultry fanciers, 

 but is complete in itself. 



Progress of the Season. 



The monthly report of the Chief of the Biu-eau of Statis- 

 tics of the United States Department of Agriculture (Crop 

 Reporter for September, 1904) shows the condition of corn 

 on September 1 to have been 84.6, as compared with 87.3 

 a month earlier, 80.1 at the corresponding date in 1903, 

 84.3 in 1902, and a ten-year average of 79.(3. 



The average condition of spring wheat was (5(3.2, the only 

 c<)m})arison possible, this being the first time spring wheat 

 has been separately reported, being with the previous month, 

 when the condition was 87.5. The condition in the five 

 principal States was reported as follows : Minnesota, 69 ; 

 North Dakota, 63 ; South Dakota, 56 ; Iowa, CA^ ; and Wash- 

 ington, 80, a decline during the month of 23, 27, 29, 14 

 and 1 points, respectively. , 



The average condition of the oat crop was 85.6, against 

 86.6 a month earlier, 75.7 on the corresi)onding date in 

 1903, 87.2 in 1902, and a ten-year September average of 

 80.6. 



