Ckop Eeport foe the Month of September, i894. 



Office State Board of Agriculture, 



BosTOX, Mass., Oct. 1, 1894. 



With the issue of October 2 the weekly crop bulletins 

 issued by the New England Weather Service in co-opera- 

 tion with this Board ceased for the season. It is expected 

 that these bulletins will be sent to those on our mailing list 

 with the coming of the next growing season. Particular 

 attention is called to the article on the " Regulative Influence 

 exerted by Birds on the Increase of Insect Pests," by the 

 Ornithologist of the Board, which appears on the last pages 

 of this Bulletin. 



Peogress of the Season. 



Report No. 119 (September, 1894) of the Statistician of 

 the United States Department of Agriculture shows a decline 

 in the condition of corn to 03.4 from 69.1 in the month of 

 August, and 95 in the month of July. The change is marked 

 in nearly all the great corn States. Reports from eight 

 States, viz , Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, 

 Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota, show that out of an 

 aggregate of 40,873,984 acres planted in those States there 

 have been cut up for fodder or abandoned 15,506,000 acres, 

 or 38 per cent, which is a little over 20 per cent for the en- 

 tire country. 



The condition of wheat when harvested, considering both 

 winter and spring, was 83.7 against 74 last year and 85.3 in 

 1892. In the principal wheat States there has been consid- 

 erable improvement since the July report. 



The average condition of oats is reported at 77.8 as against 

 76.5 on August 1, 77.7 on July 1, and 87 on June 1, a de- 

 cline of nearly 10 points since June. The condition has 

 been lower at the same date in the last ten years only in 

 1892 and 1893. Damages from the army worm and grass- 



