warm or cold days, and tlie monthly mean generally was 

 within a degree of the June average. With slight exceptions, 

 the maximum temperatures ranged below 90°, and the sev- 

 eral warm days were well distributed through the month. 

 The copious rains of the month effectually broke the drought 

 that prevailed through the preceding month, and they were 

 of immense benefit to all agricultural interests. At the close 

 of June, rain was, however, needed in nearly all sections. 

 The month as a whole was fairly seasonable and pleasant. 



Massachusetts Agricultural Statistics. 

 The first preliminary comparative summary relative to 

 the agricultural statistics of the State of Massachusetts, 

 collected at the thirteenth decennial United States census, 

 April 15, 1910, by Census Director Durand of the Census 

 Bureau, is presented below. It is pointed out that the prin- 

 cipal rates of increase in 1910, as against 1900, are: in 

 the total expenditures for labor, 57 per cent; in the total 

 expenditures for fertilizers, 46 per cent ; in the average value 

 per acre of farm land and buildings, 33 per cent; in the 

 average value per acre of farm land alone, 32 per cent ; and 

 in the total value of all farm implements and machinery, 

 30 per cent. The principal decreases during the decade 

 occurred in the total improved farm acreage, 10 per cent ; 

 and in the total farm acreage, 9 per cent. Attention is also 

 called to the marked increase in number of small farms, 19 

 acres and under. 



Summary for the State. 

 All Farms hy Acreage, Value of Land, Buildings, Implements, etc. 



• Decrease. 



