Ckop Eeport for the Month of July, 1911. 



Office of State Board of Agricultitke, 

 Boston, Mass., Aug. 1, 1911. 



The current issue of tlie report, crop report for July, con- 

 tains another of our series of articles on vegetable crops. 

 This month root crops and onions are treated, under the title 

 of '' The principal root crops of the market-garden," by 

 Harold F. Thompson, formerly professor of market gardening 

 at the Massachusetts AgTicultural College, and now in the 

 market-garden business in Seekonk, Mass. He has treated 

 these important crops in an interesting and thorough manner, 

 and the article forms an important contribution to the litera- 

 ture of the business. 



Progress of the Season. 

 The Crop Reporting Board of the Bureau of Statistics of 

 the United States Department of Agriculture, in Crop Re- 

 porter for July, 1911, give their estimates as to acreage and 

 condition of the principal farm crops of the country in the 

 followino; table : — 



The yields indicated by the condition of crops for July, the 

 final yield in 1910 and the average for 1906-10 are given 



1 Eight-year average. 



