Crop Eeport foe the Month of September, 1906. 



Office of State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., Oct. 1, lUOG. 



Bulletin Xo. 5, Crop Report for September, is herewith 

 presented. The article in this month's bulletin is one that 

 should be of interest to many, as it touches an industry which 

 is apparently exciting much interest, and which is not gen- 

 erally well understood. It is on " Cranberry growing," by 

 Lucian J. Fosdick, whose exhibit on cranberry growing at 

 the St. Louis Exposition will be recalled by many visitors 

 to the fair. Mr. Fosdick has had an ample experience in 

 the growing of cranberries, and has studied the matter from 

 the side of distribution and handling of the crop, as well as 

 from that of producing the berries. 



Pkogkess of the Season. 



The monthly report of the Crop Reporting Board of the 

 Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Agriculture (Crop 

 Reporter for September, 1906), shows the condition of corn 

 on September 1 to have been 90.2, as compared with 88.1 a 

 month earlier, 89.5 on the corresponding date in 1905, 8-1.6 

 in 1904, and a ten-year average of 81. 



The average condition of spring wheat when ham^estod 

 was 83.4, as against 86.9 a month earlier, 87.3 in 1905, and 

 06.2 in 1904. The condition in the five principal states is 

 reported as follows: Minnesota, 79; North Dakota, 84; 

 South Dakota, 88 ; Iowa, 93 ; and Washington, 75. 



The average condition of the oat crop wlicn harvested was 

 81.9, against 82.8 a month earlier, 90.3 on Sept. 1, 1905, 

 85.6 in 1904, and a ten-year average of 81.9. 



The average condition of barley when harvested was 89.4, 

 against 90.3 a month earlier, 87.8 on Sept. 1, 1905, 87.4 in 

 1904, and a ten-year average of 83.7. 



