Crop Keport foe the Month of June, 1899. 



Office of State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., July 1, 1899. 



Bulletin No. 2, Crop Report for the month of June, is 

 herewith presented. We desire to call. the attention of our 

 readers to the article at the close of the bulletin, on " Sug- 

 gestions for the use of barnyard manure," by Chas. Wel- 

 lington, Ph,D., professor of chemistry at the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College. 



Progress of the Season. 



The June returns of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture (Crop Circular for June, 1899) indicate a reduc- 

 tion of about 470,000 acres, or 2.5 per cent, in the area of 

 spring wheat sown. In consequence of the partial failure 

 of the winter wheat crop, there has been a disposition to 

 increase the acreage of spring wheat, but the season has been 

 so unfavorable as to bring about a contrary result. The 

 average condition of spring wheat is 91.4, as compared with 

 100.9 last year, 89. G in 1897, and 93.2, the mean of the 

 June averages of the last thirteen years. The average condi- 

 tion of winter wheat is 67.3, as compared with 90.8 last 

 year, 78.5 in 1897, and 83.4, the mean of the June averages 

 of the last thirteen years. 



The total reported acreage of oats is about 169,000 acres, 

 or seven-tenths of 1 per cent, less than last year. The aver- 

 age condition of oats is 88.7, as compared with 98 last year, 

 89 in 1897, and 91.2, the mean of the June averages of the 

 last thirteen years. 



The acreage reported as under barley shows an increase 

 of 3.1 per cent over last year. The average condition of 

 barley is 91.4, as compared with 78.8 last year, 87.4 in 

 1897, and 89.6, the mean of the June averages of the last 



