Progress of the Season. 



The Crop Estimating Board of the Bureau of Statistics of 

 the Department of Agriculture (Crop Reporter for October, 

 1905) finds the condition October 1 to have been 89.2, as 

 compared with 89.5 a month earlier, 83.9 in 1904, 80.8 the 

 3'^ear previous, and a ten-year average of 80.2. 



The preliminarj estimate of the average yield per acre of 

 spring wheat was 14.7 bushels, subject to revision on final 

 returns. The average quality October 1 was 89, as com- 

 pared with 75.7 in 1904 and 85.5 in 1903. 



The preliminary returns indicate an oat crop of about 

 939,332,000 bushels, or an average of 33.9 bushels per acre, 

 as compared with 32.1 bushels in 1904, 28.4 bushels in 1903, 

 and a ten-year average of 29.2 bushels. Quality 92.4, 

 against 91.4 in 1904 and 79.9 in 1903. 



The preliminary estimate of yield per acre of barley is 

 26.7 bushels, against 27.2 bushels in 1904, 26.4 bushels in 

 1903, and a ten-year average of 25 bushels. Average 

 quality 86.2, against 88.7 in 1904 and 85.4 in 1903. 



The preliminary estimate of yield per acre of rye is 16.6 

 bushels, against 15.2 bushels last year, 15.4 in 1903, and a 

 ten-year average of 15.2 bushels. Average quality 92.6, 

 against 91.6 last year and 88.4 in 1903. 



The average condition of buckwheat October 1 was 91.6, 

 as compared with 91.8 a month earlier, 88.7 in 1904, 83 in 

 1903, and a ten-year average of 82.4. 



The average condition of flax October 1 was 91.5, as com- 

 pared with 94.2 a month earlier, and 87 in 1904. 



The average condition of tobacco October 1 was 85.8, as 

 compared with 85.1 a month earlier, 85.6 in 1904, 82.3 in 

 1903, and a five-year average of 79.1. 



The average condition of potatoes on October 1 was 74.3, 

 as compared with 80 a month earlier, 89.5 in 1904, 74.6 in 

 1903, and a ten-year average of 76. 



In Massachusetts the average condition of corn October 1 

 was 94 ; the average yield of oats 32 bushels, and the quality 

 95; the average yield of rye 15.5 bushels, and the average 

 quality 91 ; the average condition of buckwheat 91 ; the 



