CROP REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, 1889. 



Returned to the Office of the State Board of Agriculture 



Sept. 1, 1889. 



Office State Board of Agriculture, 



Boston, Mass., Sept. 4, 1889. 



General Remarks. 



We herewith present our crop report for the month of 

 August. In the circular sent to our correspondents about 

 the 20th of August, the following questions were asked : 

 1. What is the prospect for winter apples, in quantity and 

 quality? 2. Is the acreage of meadow land reseeded in 

 the fall increasing in your locality? 3. What is the pros- 

 pect for late potatoes, and have you observed rot or scab? 

 4. Is the amount of corn grown for ensilage purposes 

 increasing in your vicinity, and what varieties are preferred ? 

 About ninety returns have been received, samples of which 

 will be found printed in the "Notes of Correspondents." 

 From these returns we learn that there will be about half a 

 crop of winter apples of rather poor quality. On the whole, 

 the acreage of meadow land reseeded in the fall is increasing. 

 The wet weather of July and the early part of August 

 caused potato vines to blight badly. Rot quickly fol- 

 lowed, and there will not be over half a crop of potatoes. 

 Those that were nearly ripe before the blast struck them 

 were good and rotted but little. Those planted late and 

 only about half matured when the blast came are almost a 

 total failure. Many fields will not be worth digging. The 

 warm, dry weather of the past two weeks has had a tendency 

 to keep the rot from spreading. Scab has also been preva- 

 lent this season. The amount of corn grown for ensilage 



