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CROP REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 1891. 



Compiled from Rp:turns to the Office of the State Board of 

 Agriculture, Sept. 29, 1891. 



Office State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., Oct. 3, 1891. 



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

 is herewith presented. 



For this issue blanks for returns were sent to one hundred 

 and sixty correspondents, and one hundred and twenty-one 

 were returned in season to be incorporated in the bulletin. 



In the circular to correspondents returnable to this office 

 September 29 the first question asked was, " Do you 

 ■consider the crop of Indian corn a full average ? " Of the 

 one hundred and seventeen replies to this question, twenty- 

 four state that the crop of Indian corn is above the average, 

 €ighty-one that it is a full average, and twelve that it 

 is not a full average. The weather during the month of 

 September was unusually favorable for the ripening of the 

 crop. It is estimated that the crop w^ill be 2,000,000 

 bushels, valued at $1,500,000. 



The second question asked was, " Are late potatoes an 

 average crop in yield and quality ? " Of the one hundred and 

 sixteen replies to this question, twenty-two state that late 

 potatoes are more than an average crop in yield and quality, 

 eighty-two that the crop is an average, and twelve that it is 

 below an average. But six correspondents refer to the rot- 

 ting of potatoes. It is estimated that there were 4,000,000 

 bushels of potatoes grown in this State this season, valued 

 at $2,000,000. 



The third question asked was, " Has the average amount 

 of fall seeding been done, and what is its present condi- 

 tion ? " In reply to this question, sixty-seven correspondents 



