Ckop Eeport foe the Month of July, 1901. 



Office of State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., Aug. 1, 1901. 



Bulletin No. 3, Crop Report for the month of ' July, is 

 herewith presented. Attention is called to the article at 

 the close of the bulletin, on " Selection and Improvement of 

 the Dairy Herd," by Prof. F. S. Cooley, professor of animal 

 husbandry and dairying at the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College, which we would commend to the attention of our 

 readers, and particularly those who are interested in the 

 production of milk and butter. 



Progress of the Season. 



The July returns of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture (Crop Reporter for July, 1901) state that the 

 preliminary returns on the acreage of corn planted indicate 

 a reduction of about 400,000 acres, or .5 per cent from the 

 area planted last year. The average condition of the grow- 

 ing crop July 1 was 81.3, as compared with 89.5 last year, 

 86.5 in 1899, and a ten-year average of 90.3. In the 22 

 States having 1,000,000 acres or upwards the condition is 

 more or less below their ten-year averages, except in Missis- 

 sippi, Virginia and South Dakota, where the conditions cor- 

 respond with their ten-year averages. 



The condition of winter wheat improved during June, 

 being 88.3 on July 1, as compared with 87.8 on June 1, 

 80.8 on July 1 of last year, 65.6 in 1899, and a ten-year 

 average of 80.2. The average condition of spring wheat 

 also improved during the month, being 95.6 on July 1, as 

 compared with 92 a month earlier, 55.2 on July 1 of last 

 year, 91.7 in 1899, and a ten-year average of 85.6. The 

 condition of spring and winter wheat combined was 91.1, 

 against 69.8 on July 1 of last year, and 76.2 in 1899. The 



