Chop Report for the Month of June, 1898. 



Office or State Boahu of Agricultube, 

 Boston, Mass., July 1, 1898. 



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 "The 

 San Jose Scale in Massachusetts," by A. H. Kirkland, M.S., 

 assistant entomologist to the committee on gypsy moth, 

 insects and birds. 



Progress of the Season. 



The June returns of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture (Crop Circular for June, 1898) show the acreage 

 of spring wheat to be 16,800,000 acres, which, added to the 

 area of winter wheat reported last month, indicates a total 

 wheat acreage of about 43,000,000 acres, or rather over 

 3,500,000 acres more than last year. The average con- 

 dition of spring wheat is 100.9, an almost unprecedented 

 condition, against 89.6 last year and a June average of 92.5 

 for the past ten years. The average condition of winter 

 wheat is 90.8, as compared with 78.5 last year, and 81.6, 

 the average for the last ten years. 



The total reported acreage of oats is 1.6 per cent less than 

 last year. The average condition is 98, as compared with 

 89 on June 1, 1897, and 90.1, the average for the last ten 

 years. 



The acreage reported under barley is 5.3 per cent less 

 than last year. The average condition is 78.8, as against 

 87.4 last year, and 89.9, the average for the last ten years. 



The acreage under rye shows a decrease of 3.5 per cent, 

 as compared with last year. The average condition of rye 

 is 97.1, as compared with 89.9 on June 1, 1897, and 90.6, 

 the average for the last ten years. The present condition is 

 the highest for a long series of years. 



