Crop Eeport for the Month of October, 1908. 



Office of State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., Nov. 1, 1908. 



Bulletin 'No. 6, Crop Report for the montH of October, 

 is presented as the iinal issue of the season. We wish to 

 thanlv our correspondents for their faithful assistance, with- 

 out which this publication could not be issued, and to assure 

 them of our hearty aj)preciation. They have in no small 

 measure been of assistance to the Board and to the agri- 

 culture of the State. We look forward confidently to their 

 cheerful co-operation when another spring shall bring a 

 resumption of the work. 



The special articles printed this year have been: Bulletin 

 No. 1, " Potato-growing suggestions," by Dr. Chas. D. 

 Woods ; Bulletin ISTo. 2, " Some sheep topics for Massachu- 

 setts," by Ray L. Gribbin ; Bulletin No. 3, " Drainage," by 

 Prof. Wm. P. Brooks ; Bulletin ISTo. 4, " Artificial hatching 

 and rearing of chickens as applied to ' South Shore roasters'," 

 by Henry D. Smith ; and Bulletin IsTo. 5, " Renovating old 

 orchards," by Prof. F. C. Sears. We have a limited number 

 of Bulletins ISTos. 2, 3 and 5 on hand, which we shall be glad 

 to send to any one desiring them. The supply of Bulletins 

 ISTos. 1 and 4 is exhausted, but we shall reprint the articles on 

 potato growing and hatching and rearing chicks some time 

 next summer, and any requests for the same. will be placed 

 on file and filled as soon as possible. 



We wish to call special attention to the article at the close 

 of this bulletin, on " Strawberry culture," by Prof. F. A. 

 Waugh, professor of horticulture at the Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural College. We have received a good many calls for 

 information on this subject during the past year, sho wing- 

 that there is a good interest in it, which should be catered 

 to; and, in addition, the article is such as to stimulate an 

 interest in quarters where it has perhaps not previously 

 existed. 



