Statistics for Massachusetts. 



Horses on farms, 65,760; average price, $74.13 ; value, 

 $4,874,627. Milch cows on farms, 178,135 ; average price, 

 $32.50 ; value, $5,789,388. Oxen and other cattle on farms, 

 82,965; average price, $24.46; value, $2,029,361. Sheep 

 on farms, 49,383; average price, $3.43; value, $169,137, 

 Swine on farms, 63,256 ; average price, $8.58 ; value, 

 $542,734. 



Condition of Farm Animals. 

 By Report No. 125 of the Statistician of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture (April, 1895) it appears from 

 the notes of correspondents that diseases of a fotal and un- 

 usually severe nature have not prevailed generally during 

 the year. Only from New York has mention been made of 

 the existence of tuberculosis. Most losses have been the 

 result of exposure, and want of the usual nourishment, 

 owing to the scarcity of feed. Hog cholera prevails to a 

 considerable extent in many of the States, and especially in 

 Iowa, where one county reports a loss of 1,100 hogs in one 

 month from this cause alone. Taking the country as a 

 whole, the stock has come out of winter quarters in fair con- 

 dition. For Massachusetts the condition of horses is jxiven 

 as 99 ; cattle, 95 ; sheep, 100 ; and swine, 97. 



Condition of Winter Grain. 

 Report No. 125, above referred to, states that the past 

 winter has been hard on wheat. The fall of 1894 was a dry 

 one, and in many States not favorable either to germination 

 or to the maintenance of the vitality of the plant. The 

 spring has also been droughty over extensive areas. Very 

 little damage from the Hessian fly is reported. 



May Crop Report. 

 The May returns of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture (Report No. 126) show an increase in condition 

 of wheat of 1.5 points from the April average, being 82.9, 

 against 81.4 last month and 81.4 in May, 1894. In Wis- 

 consin, Minnesota, Kansas and Nebraska the prospects are 



