CROP REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, 1893. 



Office State Board of Agriculture, 



Boston, Mass., July 1, 1893. 



Progress of the Season. 



In Report No. 105 (June, 1893) the statistician of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture gives the acreage 

 of winter wheat compared with last year as 87.8 per cent, 

 or a reduction of 12.2 points. The principal decrease has 

 occurred in the States of Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Cali- 

 fornia. In the three former the reduction was mainly caused 

 by the long-continued drought and extremely cold winter, 

 much having been ploughed up and put to other crops. The 

 condition is improved only slightly since the last report, 

 being 75.5 against 75.3 for May. The percentage of spring- 

 wheat area for the whole country is 94. The condition is 

 reported as 86.4, ranging in the principal spring-wheat States 

 from 65 in Nebraska to 92 in North Dakota. In the South- 

 ern and New England States the acreage is little short of last 

 year, the falling off being principally in the winter-wheat 

 growing States. 



The preliminary report on oats makes the breadth nearly 

 one point greater than last year. The condition June 1 was 

 88.9 against 88.5 last June. Consolidating the State returns, 

 the average breadth for the whole stauds at 100.7. 



The first return of acreage of rye puts it at 94 3, or nearly 

 six points lower than last year. The general average of con- 

 dition is 84.6, the lowest for years. The same conditions 

 which affected wheat have operated to bring about this result 

 in condition and acreage. 



The return of breadth of barley gives a decrease of 5.1 per 

 cent from last year. The condition is reported as 88.3 

 against 92.1 last vear. The low condition is the result of 

 the cold and backward spring, with drought in some sections 

 and too much rain in others. 



