Crop Keport for the Month of August, 1900. 



Office of State Boahd of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., Sept. 1, 1900. 



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

 herewith presented. Particular attention is called to the 

 article on "Poultry keeping on the farm," by Arthur A. 

 Brigham, Ph.D., director Rhode Island Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station. 



Progress of the Season. 



The August report of the Statistician of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture states that the average condition 

 of corn is 87.5, being 2.4 poiuts lower than on the corre- 

 sponding date last year, but .5 poiut higher than on Aug. 1, 

 1898, and 1.3 points above the mean of the August averages 

 for the last ten years. 



The average condition of spring wheat was 56.4, an im- 

 provement of 1.2 points during July, but 27.2 points lower 

 than last year, 40.1 lower than on Aug. 1, 1898, and 27.8 

 points below the mean of the August averages for the last 

 ten years. 



The average condition of oats was 85, a loss of .5 point 

 during July, and 5.8 points lower than last year at the same 

 date, but .8 point higher than on Aug. 1, 1898, and 2.7 

 points above the mean of the August averages for the last 

 ten years. 



The average condition of barley was 71.6, a decline of 

 4.7 points during July, 22 points lower than last year, 7.7 

 points lower than on Aug. 1, 1898, and 13.7 points below 

 the mean of the August averages for the last ten years. 



The average coudition of spring rye improved 6.3 points 

 during July, to 76, but was 13 points lower than last year. 

 17.7 points lower than on Aug. 1, 1898, and 10.9 points be- 

 low the mean of the August averages for the last ten years. 



