Pkogress of the Season. 

 The Crop Reporting Board of the Bureau of Statistics of 

 the Department of Agriculture (Crop Reporter for October, 

 1906) finds the condition of corn on October 1 to have been 



90.1, as compared vath 90.2 a month earlier, 89.2 in 1905, 

 83.9 the year previous, and a ten-year average of Y9.6. 



The preliminary estimate of the average yield per acre 

 of spring wheat was 13.7 bushels. The average quality 

 October 1 was 88.5, as compared with 89 in 1905 and 75.7 

 in 1904. 



The preliminary returns indicate an oat crop of about 

 863,352,000 bushels, or an average of 31.2 bushels per acre, 

 as compared with 34 bushels in 1905, 32.1 bushels in 1904, 

 and a ten-year average of 29.6 bushels. Average quality 



88.2, against 92.4 in 1905 and 91.4 in 1904. 



The preliminary estimate of the yield per acre of barley 

 is 28.3 bushels, against 26.8 bushels in 1905, 27.2 bushels 

 in 1904, and a ten-year average of 25.1 bushels. Average 

 quality 88.2, against 92.4 in 1905 and 91.4 in 1904. 



The preliminary estimate of the yield per acre of rye is 

 17 bushels, against 16.5 bushels as finally estimated in 1905, 

 15.2 bushels in 1904, and a ten-year average of 15.4 bushels. 

 Average quality 94.1, against 92.6 in 1905 and 91.6 in 

 1904. 



The average condition of buckwheat on October 1 was 

 84.9, as compared with 91.2 a month earlier, 91.6 in 1905, 

 88.7 in 1904, and a ten-year average of 83. 



The average condition of tobacco on October 1 was 84.6, 

 as compared with 86.2 a month earlier, 85.8 in 1905^ 85.6 

 in 1904, and a five-year average of 80.2. 



The average condition of potatoes on October 1 was 82.2, 

 as compared with 85.3 a month earlier, 74.3 in 1905, 89.5 in 

 1904, and a ten-year average of 74.7. 



In Massachusetts the average condition of corn October 1 

 was 95 ; the average yield of oats 34 bushels, and the quality 

 91 ; the average yield of rye 15 bushels, and the quality 93; 

 the average condition of buckwheat 82 ; the average con- 

 dition of tobacco 97 ; the average condition of potatoes 76 ; 



