The tobacco crop has cured well, and much of it has been 

 sold at unusually high prices. Squashes and celery are good 

 crops. 



Report No. 88 of the statistician of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture gives the following figures 

 of average condition of crops in Massachusetts Sept. 1, 

 '1891 : average condition of corn, 98 ; average condition of 

 rye when harvested, 98 ; average condition of oats when 

 harvested, 100 ; average condition of barley when harvested, 

 97 ; average condition of buckwheat, 99 ; average condition 

 of potatoes, 97 ; average condition of tobacco, 99 ; average 

 condition of apples, 71 ; average condition of grapes, 93 ; 

 p'cvach product compared with an average, 72 ; number of 

 stock hogs for fattening compared with last year, 97 ; aver- 

 age condition as to weight and size, 98. 



CONDITION OF CROPS IN THIS SECTION. 

 From United States Weather-crop Bulletins. 



Week ending September 4. — New England : Crops ripen- 

 ing slowly. Potato rot not spreading seriously. Tobacco 

 harvest nearly completed, and the crop is in good condition. 

 A large crop of cranberries is indicated ; picking will begin 

 next week. 



Week ending September 11. — New England: Light 

 frosts on 8th and 9th in low lands ; very little damage. 

 Corn cutting begun, and the crop is above the average. 

 Potato rot not increasing. Cranberry crop is estimated at 

 slightly below the average. 



Week ending September 18. — New England : Very 

 favorable weather for ripening crops. Harvesting is going 

 forward rapidly, with good results. The potato rot is not 

 increasing. 



Week ending September 25. — New England : The hot, 

 dry weather has hastened the ripening of crops, and harvest- 

 ing is well under way. Cranberries are excellent and 

 grapes good. Rain needed ; springs, streams and pastures 

 drying up ; too dry for fall seeding. 



