CROP REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, 1893. 



Office State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., June 1, 1893. 



This bulletin begins the series of monthly Crop Reports 

 for 1893, and it is expected that six numbers will be issued 

 during the season. They will be made up largely as in past 

 seasons, and will be mailed free to any person desiring them. 

 As in past years, the table and synopsis of Massachusetts 

 weather will be furnished by the New England Weather Ser- 

 vice. Arrangements have also been made with the Director 

 of the Service whereby crop reports covering conditions in 

 the whole of New England will be mailed Tuesdays of each 

 week to those receiving our regular monthly bulletins. Per- 

 sons not receiving bulletins regularly will confer a favor by 

 reporting the fact to this office. 



Report No. 103 (April, 1893) of the Statistician of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture makes the average 

 condition of winter wheat on the 1st of April 77.4, against 

 81.2 last year. Seeding was late in the Ohio and Missis- 

 sippi valleys, because of widely prevalent drought. In the 

 Atlantic, Middle, Southern and Pacific States seeding con- 

 ditions were favorable. The general average of rye is 85.7. 

 For horses the average sanitary condition for the whole 

 country is 97.5. The ratio of losses for the country at large 

 is 1.7 per cent, against 1.5 last year. The number of horses 

 in Massachusetts on farms is given as 65,109 ; losses 1,432, or 

 2.2 per cent. The condition of cattle averages 94.7, as against 

 93.2 a year ago, 95.0 in 1891 and 94.1 in 1890. The lowest 

 figures are found in portions of the plateau region of the 

 West, where the pasturage of overstocked ranges has 

 been shortened by drought. The average loss from winter 

 exposure is 1.7, as against 1.3 per cent a year ago, 1.5 

 per cent in 1891 and 2.3 per cent in 1890, while the 

 loss from all causes is 3.4 per cent. The condition as regards 

 healthfulness is generally very good. The number of milch 



