of any kind than Dr. Fern aid, and the control of such pests 

 as prove destructive in the greenhouse is of importance to 

 every owner in the State. 



Pkogkess of the Season. 



The Crop Reporting Board of the Bureau of Statistics 



of the Department of Agriculture (Crop Reporter for 



October, 1907) finds the condition of corn on October 1 



to have been 78, as compared with 80.2 a month earlier, 



90.1 in 1906, 89.2 in 1905, and a ten-year average of 79.6. 

 The preliminary estimate of the average yield per acre of 

 spring wheat was 13.1 bushels, which compares with 13.7 

 bushels as finally estimated in 1906, 14.7 in 1905, and a 

 ten-year average of 14 bushels. The production of spring 

 and winter wheat combined is about 625,567,000 bushels, 

 compared with 735,260,970 bushels as finally estimated a 

 year ago. 



The average yield of oats is indicated to be about 23.5 

 bushels per acre, as compared with 31.2 bushels finally esti- 

 mated in 1906, 34 bushels in 1905, and a ten-year average 

 of 30.1 bushels. A total yield of about 741,521,000 bushels 

 is thus indicated, as compared with 964,904,522 bushels 

 finally estimated in 1906. The average quality is 77, against 



88.2 in 1906, 92.4 in 1905, and 91.4 in 1904. 



The preliminary estimate of yield per acre of barley is 

 23.9 bushels, against 28.3 bushels in 1906, 26.8 in 1905, 

 and a ten-year average of 25.5 bushels. A total production 

 of 147,192,000 bushels is thus indicated, as compared with 

 178,916,484 bushels in 1906. The average quality is 88.1, 

 against 89.1 in 1906, 86.2 in 1905, and 88.7 in 1904. 



The preliminary estimate of yield per acre of rye is 16.4 

 bushels, against 16.7 bushels as finally estimated in 1906, 



16.5 bushels in 1905, and a ten-year average of 15.7 bushels. 

 A total production of 31,566,000 bushels is thus indicated, 

 as compared with 33,374,833 bushels in 1906. The average 

 quality is 91.6, against 94.1 in 1906, 92.6 in 1905, and 



91.6 in 1904. 



The preliminary estimate of yield per acre of hay is 1.44 

 tons, against 1.35 tons as finally estimated in 1906, 1.54 



