Ceop Eeport for the Month of June, 1911. 



Office of State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., July 1, 1911. 



The crop report for June, the second of the season, is here- 

 with presented. Prospects for many crops can now be fairly 

 well forecasted, for the first time this season, making the 

 present report of special interest. At the close of the bul- 

 letin will be found an article on " Growing cabbage and 

 cauliflower." This article has been adapted from Farmers' 

 Bulletin Xo. 433 of the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, on " Cabbage," by L. C. Corbett, horticulturist, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Such portions of the above bul- 

 letin as applied to Massachusetts conditions have been taken, 

 with a few minor changes, thought necessary by experience, 

 and a short statement in regard to cauliflower added. Mr. 

 Howard NT. Legate, first clerk, has prepared the adaptation, 

 with suggestions from Secretary Ellsworth, inspired by his 

 many years of experience in market gardening. The result 

 is an exceedingly readable and valuable bulletin on two 

 crops of prime importance in the market garden and home 

 garden and on the farm. 



Peooress of the Seaso:s'. 

 The Crop Reporting Board of the Bureau of Statistics of 

 the United States Department of Agriculture estimates the 

 area sown to spring wheat to be about 20, Y5 7,000 acres, an 

 increase of 4.9 per cent over last year ; its condition as 94.6, 

 as compared with 92.8 in 1910, and a ten-year average of 

 93.6. The area of winter w^heat is estimated to be about 

 31,367,000 acres, an increase of Q.Q per cent over last year, 

 and its condition as 80.4, as compared with 80 in 1910, and 

 a ten-year average of 81.6. The yield of all wheat per acre 

 is indicated by condition to be 14.7 bushels, as compared 

 with 14.1 in 1910, and a five-year average of 14.7; while 

 the total production promises to be 22.9 per cent in excess 



