CROP REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, 1893. 



Office State Board of Agriculture, 



Boston, Mass., Aug. 1, 1893. 



Progress of the Season. 



Report No. 106 (July, 1893) of the statistician of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture gives the acreage 

 of corn, compared with the breadth of acreage harvested last 

 year, as 103.3 per cent. The increase of area is the result 

 of the plowing up of wheat lands and sowing to corn and 

 other crops, and is a little over 2,000,000 acres. The 

 largest proportional increase is in the Ohio, Mississippi and 

 Missouri valleys. The condition of the crop is returned at 

 93.2. This is the highest July average reported since 1587, 

 when the condition stood at 97.7. The condition is slightly 

 above that reported in July, 1891, when the largest crop 

 ever grown was made. 



The condition of winter wheat is reported as 77.7 against 

 75.5 on June 1, a gain of 2.2 points. This gain was, how- 

 ever, more than offset by the falling off in condition of spring 

 wheat, from 78.8 to 76.6. The season has been unusually 

 unfavorable to wheat, and the conditions have been low in 

 every report. On this account much of the area has been 

 plowed up and devoted to corn and other crops. The de- 

 crease of acreage as compared with last year is 10.2 points, 

 and has taken place in the best wheat producing States. 



Oats about hold their own, the condition being 88.8 as 

 against 88.9 June 1. This is the highest condition since 

 1889, when it stood at 94.1. In July 1886 the condition 

 was the same as in the present month. 



Rye has advanced from 84.6 on June 1 to 85.3 this month. 

 Winter rye stands at 83.8 and spring rye at 89, making the 

 combined average as above given. 



Barley has changed but little in condition during the 

 month. The average is 88.8 against 88.3 June 1. The 



