Crop Keport for the Month of July, 1899. 



Office of State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., Aug. 1, 1899. 



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

 herewith presented. Particular attention is called to the 

 article on " The elm-leaf beetle in Massachusetts," by A. H. 

 Kirkland, M.S., assistant entomologist to the committee on 

 gypsy moth, insects and birds. Those whose elms have 

 been attacked by this new pest will find this article very 

 instructive and helpful, and those having elms on their 

 premises should give it careful attention, as this insect 

 seems likely soon to be prevalent in all parts of the State. 



Progress of the Season. 



The July returns of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture (Crop Circular for July, 1898) state that the 

 preliminary returns of the acreage of corn indicate an 

 increase of about 3,835,000 acres, or about 4.9 per cent on 

 the acreage harvested in 1898. The average condition, 

 86.5, is 4 points below the condition of July 1 of last year, 

 and 4.6 points below the mean of the July averages of the 

 last ten years. 



The condition of winter wheat, 65.6, is 1.7 points lower 

 than on June 1, 20.1 points below the average on July 1 

 of last year, and 16.8 points below the mean of the July 

 average of the last ten years. The average condition of 

 spring wheat is 91.7, which is 0.3 point higher than last 

 month, 3.3 points lower than on July 1, 1898, and 3 points 

 higher than the mean of the July averages of the last ten 

 years. The average condition of spring and winter wheat 

 combined is 76.2, or 13.2 points below the condition on 

 July 1, 1898 ; 8.7 below that on the corresponding date in 

 1897, and 7.2 below the mean of the July averages for the 

 last ten years. The proportion of the wheat crop of 1898 



