Ceop Eeport for the Month of June, 1913. 



Office of the State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., July 1, 1913. 



Owing to the unusually large size of the May crop report, 

 and to the moving of the State printers, that issue was un- 

 avoidably delayed in publication. It is the purpose of those 

 in charge to have a set date upon which the report shall be 

 issued, and upon which it may be expected by its readers. 

 To insure such publication it will be necessary for our cor- 

 respondents to make their returns as nearly as possible upon 

 the dates specified upon the blanks. The blanks will be sent 

 out a day or so earlier, so as to give more opportunity for 

 observation and inquiry. 



The reports on different specialties have been continued in 

 this, the crop report for June, the list of questions has been 

 broadened where possible, and our staff of special corre- 

 spondents has been increased as fast as desirable persons 

 could be secured. Full reports of frost injury and insect 

 damage are contained herein, and methods and practices in 

 different sections are outlined. The information received 

 through the market-gardeners' returns in regard to irriga- 

 tion will be found of especial interest, as the practice is re- 

 ceiving more and more attention each year ; a larger number 

 of returns, however, would have been productive of still more 

 valuable data. The special bulletin this month is entitled 

 " Peach Growing in Western Massachusetts," and was pre- 

 pared by Mr. L. W. Rice of Wilbraham, and delivered by him 

 at the last annual meeting of the Massachusetts Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Association. Mr. Rice is actively engaged in the peach- 

 growing industry, and is one of the most practical men whom 

 we have in this State. This article, then, is especially inter- 

 esting and valuable to those who are now engaged or are 

 planning to engage in this industry. 



