Chop Eepoet foe the Month of Septembee, 1903. 



Office of State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., Oct. 1, 1903. 



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

 is presented herewith. Attention is called to the article at 

 the close of the bulletin, on " Some Important Scale Insects," 

 by Prof. H. T. Fernald, professor of entomology, Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College. This article is in a sense supple- 

 mentar}' to his article on " Tliree Common Orchard Scales," 

 published in our crop report for May, 1901, and reprinted 

 in the report for June, 1902, but is more thorough and ex- 

 haustive than either, taking up the treatment of the San 

 Jose scale in orchards and including several scales not men- 

 tioned in the earlier bulletin. It should be of particular 

 interest to all orchardists and nurserymen. 



Progress of the Seaso"x. 



The September returns of the United States Department 

 of Agriculture (Crop Reporter for September, 1903) show 

 the condition of corn on September 1 to have been 80.1, as 

 compared with 78.7 on Aug. 1, 1903, 84.3 on Sept. 1, 

 1902, 51.7 at the corresponding date in 1901, and a tcn-3^ear 

 average of 79.3. No attempt ivas made to anticipate the 

 results from future weather conditions. 



The average condition at harvest of winter and spring 

 wheat combined was 74.7, against 80 on Sept. 1, 1902, 

 82.8 at the corresponding date in 1901, and a ten-year 

 average of 78.3. 



The average condition of the oat crop on September 1 was 

 75.7, against 79.5 on Aug. 1, 1903, 87.2 on Sept. 1, 1902, 

 72.1 at the corresponding date in 1901, and a ten-year 

 averagfe of 80.6. 



