of that of 1910, and 16.9 per cent in excess of the average 

 production of the past five years. 



The total acreage of oats is given as 35,250,000 acres, a re- 

 duction of one-tenth of 1 per cent from last year ; its con- 

 dition as 85. 7, as compared with 91 in 1910, and a ten-year 

 average of 88.4 ; its yield per acre as 27.7 bushels, compared 

 with 81.9 in 1910, and a five-year average of 28.4;. and the 

 total production as 86.7 per cent, compared with 1910, and 

 104.8 per cent, compared w^th the average of the past five 

 years. 



The total acreage of barley is given as 7,038,000 acres, a 

 reduction of 3 per cent from last year; its condition as 90.2, 

 as compared with 89.6 in 1910, and a ten-year average of 

 90.9 ; its yield per acre as 24.9 bushels, compared with 22.4 

 in 1910, and a five-year average of 24,8; and the total pro- 

 duction as 108 per cent, compared with 1910, and 105.3 per 

 cent, compared with the average of the past five years. 



The condition of rye is given as 88.6, as compared with 



90.6 in 1910, and a ten-year average of 90.2; its yield per 

 acre as 16.1 bushels, compared wath 16.3 in 1910, and a five- 

 year average of 15.4. 



The condition of hay is given as 76.8, as compared with 



84.7 on May 1, and 86.1 on June 1, 1910. 



The condition of pastures is given as 81.1, as compared 

 w4th 81.3 on May 1, 88.5 on June 1, 1910, and 90.7, the 

 June 1st average of the ])ast ten years. 



In Massachusetts the acreage of oats as compared with last 

 year was 98 and the condition 89 ; the condition of barley 

 was 88 ; of hay, 76 ; of clover, 76 ; of pasture, 78 ; of apples, 

 82; of peaches, 72; of pears, 80; of blackberries, 88; of 

 raspberries, 83 ; of cantaloupes, 79 ; of watermelons, 87 ; of 

 Lima beans, 82 ; of cabbages, 70 ; and of onions, 81 ; while the 

 production of asparagus, compared with a fidl crop, was 85. 



The average condition of all crops for the Xew England 

 States, by States was a})]n-(»ximately as follows, 100 indi- 

 cating the average (not normal) for recent years on June 1: 

 :Maine, 93.7; Xew Hampshire, 84.2; Vermont. 89; Massa- 

 chusetts, 82.3; Khode Island, 86.2; Connecticut, 79; average 

 for district. 85.7. 



