Crop Eeport for the Month of May, 1910. 



Office of State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., June 1, 1910. 



With this bulletin the series of crop reports issued by 

 this Board begins for the twenty-third year. No marked 

 changes in the form of the bulletin are proposed, and the 

 issues will contain information as to crop conditions in 

 Massachusetts and throughout the United States, weather 

 conditions, particularly as affecting crops, and special articles 

 of timely interest. Suggestions as to possible improve- 

 ments in the form and matter of the reports will be welcomed 

 from our readers, and they are also invited to indicate any 

 particular subject or subjects upon which they would like 

 to see special articles. 



The interest in corn growing has been increasing in Xew 

 England of late years, mainly because of the high cost of 

 .grain and the feeling that farmers must do something to 

 cut down their grain bills if they are to feed stock success- 

 fully. There will be a great corn show at Worcester, from 

 IsTovember 1 to 12, inclusive, under the direction of a cor- 

 poration organized for that purpose, and known as the JSTew 

 England Corn Exposition. This is the first show of the 

 kind to be devoted entirely to corn ever held in New Eng- 

 land, and it should have a far-reaching effect in encouraging 

 the growing of this crop. With the idea of assisting our 

 farmers to prepare for this exposition we have included in 

 this bulletin an article on " Corn selection for seed and 

 show," by Prof. Wm. D. Hurd, Secretary of the exposi- 

 tion, and Dean of Short Courses at the Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural College. He has prepared a very valuable and inter- 

 esting article. ^ ^ 



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