CROP REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 1891. 



Compiled from Rkturns to the Office of the State Board of 

 Agriculture, Oct. 29, 1891. 



Office State Board of Agkicvltuke, 

 Boston, Mass., Nov. 3, 1891. 



Bulletin No. 6, Crop Report for the month of October, is 

 herewith presented. This will constitute the last issue of the 

 season, and it is desired to extend to correspondents sincere 

 thanks for the interest they have shown and for the manner 

 in which they have made their returns from time to time. 



It is hoped this work, which is voluntary on the part of 

 this office, may be continued another year. The issue of 

 these monthly bulletins began in June, 1888, and for the first 

 number about four hundred copies were> printed. Five bul- 

 letins were issued in 1888, six in 1889, six in 1890, and six 

 in 1891. For September, 1891, 2,400 copies of the Bulletin 

 were printed and distributed. The bulletin for June, 1888, 

 contained 13 printed pages, while each bulletin this year has 

 contained 28 pages. 



The special subjects treated this season have been as fol- 

 lows : Bulletin No. 1, Tuberculosis; Bulletin No. 2, The 

 Gypsy Moth; Bulletin No. 3, Yields and Values per Acre 

 of Crops in Massachusetts as compared with Other States ; 

 Bulletin No. 4, Oleomargarine ; Bulletin No. 5, Abandoned 

 Farms in Massachusetts. 



Two pages on Massachusetts weather, prepared by an 

 expert, have been included in each bulletin ; and since Bul- 

 letin No. 2 (June) a weekly statement of condition of crops 

 in this section and of temperature and rainfall for the whole 

 country, from the United States Weather-Crop Bulletins, 

 has been included in each issue. Since the same date an 

 abstract of the monthly reports of the statistician of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture of the condition of 

 crops in Massachusetts at the beginning of each month has 

 also been included. 



