Crop Eeport for the Month of August, 1902. 



Office of State Board of Aoriolltckb, 

 Boston, Mass., Sept. 2, 1902. 



Bulletin No. 4, Crop Report for the month of August, is 

 herewith presented. Particular attention is called to the 

 article on " Some inexpensive ways of making farm poultry 

 more profitable," by John H. Robinson, editor of «' Farm 

 Poultry,*' which should be of particular interest and value to 

 all farmers who make poultry keeping a principal part of 

 their farm operations. 



Progress of the Season. 



The August returns of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture (Crop Reporter for August, 1902) show the 

 condition of corn to have been 86.5 on August 1, as com- 

 pared with 87.5 a month earlier, 54 on August 1 of last 

 year, 87.5 in 1900, and a ten-year average of 84. 



The statistician estimates the winter wheat crop at about 

 380,000,000 bushels, or an average of 13.8 bushels per acre. 

 If this estimate, which is subject to revision, is somewhat 

 higher than was indicated by previous reports of condition, 

 it is due to the fact that the crop is turning out somewhat 

 better than was expected. The average condition of spring 

 wheat on August 1 was 89.7, as compared with 92.4 the 

 previous month, 80.3 in 1901, 56.4 the year previous, and a 

 ten-year average of 80. 



The average condition of oats was 89.4, against 92.1 a 

 month earlier, 73.6 last year, 85 in 1900, and a ten-year 

 average of 82.2. All the principal oat States still have a 

 condition comparing favorably with their ten-year average. 



The average condition of barley declined 3.5 points dur- 

 ing July, but on August 1 it was still 3.3 points higher than 

 at the corresponding date in 1901, 18.6 points higher than 

 on Aug. 1, 1900, and 6.8 points above the mean of the ten- 

 year averages. 



