The preliminary estimate of the average yield per acre of 

 oats was 34.5 bushels, as compared with 25.1 last year, 29.6 

 in 1900, and 26.8, the mean of the October estimates of the 

 past ten years, the present estimate being the largest ever 

 reported. The average quality was 86.7, against 83.7 last 

 year and 89.2 in 1900. 



The preliminary estimate of the yield per acre of barley 

 was 29 bushels, against 24.7 on October 1 of last year, 20.4 

 in 1900, and 23.3, the mean of the October estimates of the 

 last ten years. The average for quality was 87.3, against 

 89.2 last year and 82.1 in 1900. 



The preliminary estimate of the yield per acre of rye was 

 17 bushels, as compared with 15.1 last year, 15.1 in 1900, 

 and 14.4, the mean of the October estimates of tlie last ten 

 years. The average for quality was 91.8, against 89.4 last 

 year and 92 in 1900. 



The average condition of buckwheat on October 1 was 

 80.5, as compared with 86.4 last month, 90.5 in 1901, 72.8 

 in 1900, and 80.2, the mean of the averages of the last ten 

 years. 



All the important tobacco-producing States, except Ohio, 

 in which State the condition is the same as last month, report 

 improvements in condition during September. 



The average condition of potatoes on October 1 was 82.5, 

 against 89.1 the previous month, 54 last year, 74.4 at the 

 corresponding date in 1900, and 71.6, the mean of the aver- 

 ages of the last ten years. 



All the important sugar-cane-producing States, except 

 Texas, report conditions below their ten-year averages. 



As to the condition of apples, North Carolina reports 8 

 points, Illinois 9, Missouri 10, Pennsylvania 11, Maine 12, 

 New York 15, Iowa 16, and Michigan 27 points above, and 

 Ohio 2, Indiana 3, Virginia 9, Tennessee 11, Kentucky 19, 

 and Kansas 21 points below the mean of the Octol)cr aver- 

 ages of the past seven years. 



The estimated yield of hops in i)ounds per acre is 1,267 

 in Washington, 1,400 in California, 1,100 in Oregon, 1,300 

 in Wisconsin, and 325 in New York. 



The averasje condition of cotton on September 25 was 



