Ceop Eeport foe the Month of June, 1895. 



Office of State Board of Agriculture, 



Boston, Mass., July 1, 1895. 



Bulletin No. 2, Crop Report for the month of June, is 

 herewith presented. Particular attention is called to an 

 article at the end, on drainage, by the engineer of this 

 Board. 



Progress of the Season. 



Eeport No. 127 (June, 1895) of the Statistician of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture makes the aqreage 

 of winter wheat now growing, after allowing for abandon- 

 ments, 9<5.1 per cent of the area harvested in 1894. Con- 

 dition has fallen decidedly since the last report, being 71.1 

 per cent, against 82.9 on May 1. The falling otf is due to 

 the marked fluctuations of temperature during May and to 

 deficiency of rainfall in some States. The condition of 

 spring wheat shows an average for the whole country of 97.8 

 per cent. 



The preliminary report places the acreage of oats at 103.2 

 of last year's area, and the condition at 84.3, against 87 last 

 June. Acreage of barley 104 per cent of last year's breadth, 

 and condition 90.3 per cent, against 82.2 last year. Acre- 

 age of rye 96.7 of that of last year; average condition June 

 1, 85.7 per cent. Acreage of rice 100.2 per cent of that of 

 last year, and condition 89.2. 



The area of clover is considerably reduced, compared with 

 last year, being only 92.5, while the general average of con- 

 dition is only 82.8, a lower figure than any for the last 

 decade. Both the reduction of area and the low average of 

 condition are chiefly found in the region bordering the great 

 lakes and the northern half of the Mississippi valley. In 

 the States which show a largely reduced area the fact is in most 

 cases attributable to the efiects of the great drought of 1894, 



