Crop Report for the Month oe September, 1900. 



Office of State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., Oct. 2, 1900. 



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

 is herewith presented. We desire to call the particular 

 attention of our readers to the article on " The Relation of 

 Agriculture to the Public Health," by Dr. Samuel W. 

 Abbott, Secretary Massachusetts State Board of Health. 



Progress of the Season. 



The September report of the statistician of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture gives the condition of corn 

 as 80.6. There was a decline during August amounting to 

 6.9 points, and the condition on September 1 was 4.6 points 

 lower than last year, 3.5 points lower than at the corre- 

 sponding date in 1898, and 1.1 points below the mean of 

 the September averages for the last ten years. 



The condition at harvest of winter and spring wheat com- 

 bined was 69.6, against 70.9 last year, 86.7 in 1898, and 

 80.9, the mean of the September averages of the last ten 

 years. 



The average condition of oats when harvested was 82.9, 

 against 85 on August 1, 87.2 last year, 79 in 1898, and 79.8, 

 the mean of the September averages of the last ten years. 



The average condition of barley when harvested was 70.7, 

 against 71.6 on August 1, 86.7 last year, 79.2 on the cor- 

 responding date in 1898, and 83.9, the mean of the Septem- 

 ber averages of the last ten years. 



The condition at harvest of winter and spring rye com- 

 bined was 84.2, against 82 on September 1 last year, 89.4 

 in 1898, and 86.5, the mean of the September averages for 

 the last ten years. 



