Crop Eepoet for the Month of May, 1895. 



Office of State Board of Agriculture, 



Boston, Mass., June 1, 1895. 



Bulletin No. 1, Crop Report for the month of May, is 

 herewith presented as the opening bulletin of the season. 

 These crop bulletins will be issued monthly, on or about the 

 seventh day, during the growing and harvesting seasons. 

 Arrangements have been made with the New England 

 Weather Service whereby weekly weather-crop bulletins 

 will be sent Tuesdays to each person on our mailing list, 

 and also by special arrangement to the postmasters of the 

 Commonwealth, for posting in their respective offices. The 

 first number issued was for date of May 6. Also, as last 

 year, a short article by a specialist of the Board of Agri- 

 culture will be included in each issue. The article in this 

 bulletin is furnished by the veterinarian, and treats of 

 Tuberculin. 



Report on Farm Animals. 



[Report No. 123, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Statistics.] 



Horses. 



The number of horses has fallen off 187,821, or 1.17 per 

 cent, during the past year. The heaviest losses generally 

 occurred in the central and western States, and the greatest 

 increases in numbers in the Southern States and in the Terri- 

 tories. Prices have declined in all the States and Territories 

 except Massachusetts and Nevada, the increase in the former 

 being $1.10. The causes generally assigned by correspond- 

 ents for the falling away in the number of horses are the 

 substitution of other motors in the street-car service of towns 

 and cities, and the failure of food crops and consequent 

 inability to sustain them. The decline in value is usually 

 attributed to the widespread depression. 



