Progress of the Season. 



The Crop Reporting Board of the Bureau of Statistics, 

 United States Department of Agriculture (Crop Reporter 

 for May, 1910), estimates that the area of winter wheat was 

 about 22,044,000 acres, or 714,000 acres (2.5 per cent.) 

 more than the area harvested in 1909, and 4,439,000 acres 

 (13.3 per cent) less than the area sown last fall. The aver- 

 age condition of winter wheat on May 1 was 82.1, com- 

 pared with 80.8 on April 1, 83.5 on May 1, 1909, and 86.7, 

 the average of the past ten years. 



The average condition of rye on May 1 was 91.3, com- 

 pared with 92.3 on April 1, 88.1 on May 1, 1909, and 8G.7, 

 the average for the past ten years. 



The average condition of meadow (hay) lands on May 

 1 was 89.8, compared Avith 84.5 on May 1, 1909, and a 

 ten-year average of 89.5. 



The average condition of pastures on May 1 was 89.3, 

 compared with 80.1 on May 1, 1909, and a ten-year aver- 

 age of 87.6. 



Of spring plowing 80.3 per cent was completed up to 

 May 1, compared with 64.1 per cent on May 1, 1909, and 

 a ten-year average on May 1 of 66. 



Of spring planting 65 per cent was completed up to May 

 1, compared with 51.9 per cent and 54.7 per cent on May 

 1, 1909 and 1908, respectively. 



Weather Summary, Jan. 1 to May 1, 1910. 



[Furnished by Weather Bureau, Boston.] 



January: The weather of the month was stormy, even for 

 the winter season, precipitation occurring on fifteen days, 

 with monthly amounts near the average. The snowfall for 

 the month ranged from 4 inches in coast sections to over 

 20 inches in interior sections. The temperature of the month 

 was somewhat above normal, the average daily excess rang- 

 ing from 2° to 5°. The lowest minimums were in the 

 western sections, and were 17° below zero. The sunshine 

 for the month was below average. 



Februarv: The weather of Februarv was seasonal and 



