Eeport. Following the '" Xotes of Cranberry Crop Corre- 

 spondents '• will be found a brief account of those corre- 

 spondents who have served the full tweuty-five years, and 

 also of those who were in the service October, 1912, and who 

 had acted for varying lengths of time. Herewith is extended 

 to all those who have so kindly assisted in the work the 

 hearty and grateful appreciation of the Board of Agi-iculture 

 for their efforts. 



CROP COXDITIOXS MAY 1, 1913. 



The Crop Reporting Board of the Bureau of Statistics of 

 the United States Department of Agriculture estimates, from 

 the reports of correspondents and agents of the Bureau, as 

 follows : — 



On ^lay 1 the area of winter wheat to be harvested was 

 about 30.93S.000 acres, or 4.5 per cent (1.449,000 acres) 

 less than the area planted last autumn, but 16.4 per cent 

 (4,367,000 acres") more than the area hars'ested last year, 

 viz.. 26.571.000 acres. 



The average condition of winter wheat on May 1 was 91.9, 

 compared with 91.6 on April 1. 79.7 on May 1, 1912, and 

 85,6, the average for the past ten years on ^lay 1. 



A condition of 91.9 per cent on May 1 is indicative of a 

 yield per acre of approximately 16.6 bushels, assuming 

 average variations to prevail thereafter. On the estimated 

 area to be harvested, 16.6 bushels per acre would produce 

 513,571,000 bushels, or 2S.4 per cent more than in 1912, 

 19.3 per cent more than in 1911, and IS. 3 per cent more than 

 in 1910. The out-turn of the crop will probably be above or 

 below the figures given above, according as the change in con- 

 ditions from May 1 to harvest is above or below the average 

 change. 



The average condition of rye on May 1 was 91. compared 

 \vith 89.3 on April 1, 87.5 on May 1. 1912. and S9.6, the 

 average for the past ten years on May 1. 



The average condition of meadow (hay") lands on IMay 1 

 was 88.5, compared with 85.7 on May 1, 1912. and a ten-year 

 average on Mav 1 of 88.5, 



