CROP EEPORT FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, 1891. 



Compiled from Returns to the Office of the State Board of 

 Agriculture, Aug. 28, 1891. 



Office State Board of Agriculture, 



Boston-, Mass., Sept. 3, 1891. 



Bulletin No. 4, Crop Report for the month of August, is 

 herewith presented. For this issue blanks for returns were 

 sent to one hundred and sixty correspondents and one hun- 

 dred and twenty-one were returned in season to be incor- 

 porated in the bulletin. 



In the circular to correspondents returnable to this office 

 Augu-st 28, the first question asked was : " What is the out- 

 look for Indian corn as compared with an average season ? " 

 In answer to this question 37 correspondents state that the 

 crop promises to be more than an average, 40 an avei'age 

 one, 34 a good one and 10 below an average. The crop 

 promises well in all counties except Barnstable, where it has 

 has been greatly injured by dr}^ weather. 



The second question asked was : " Do you think rowen will 

 be an average crop?" Fully three-fourths of the replies to 

 this question are to the effect that rowen does not promise 

 to be an average crop. Some state that it promises to ])e an 

 average and a very few that it will be more than an average. 

 Some state that there is scarcely any. The cause of the 

 shortage is due to dry weather and late cutting of the first 

 crop. It is presumed that the abundant rains the last week 

 in August will greatly benefit the crop. 



The third question asked was : " What is the outlook for 

 late potatoes?" Of the 97 replies to this question 53 state 

 that the outlook for late potatoes is good ; 20 that it is excel- 

 lent ; 13 that it is fair; 7 that it is not very good; and 4 

 that the crop will be light. The crop appears to promise 

 about as well in one county as another. 



