Crop Report for the Month of June, 1896. 



Office of State Board of Agricultuke, 



Boston, Mass., July 1, 1896. 



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

 herewith presented. Particular attention is called to "The 

 grass crop," a special article by the chemist to the Board, 

 Dr. C. A. Goessmann, which is printed at the close of the 

 bulletin. 



Progress of the Season. 



Report No. 138 (June, 1896) of the Statistician of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture gives the total 

 area of winter wheat as 22,794,000 acres. There has been 

 some diminution of area, owing to the total failure of the 

 crop in some sections, the ground being ploughed up for 

 spring wheat or oats. The total area of spring wheat' is 

 given as 11,825,000 acres, as against 11,438,000 last year ; 

 total acreage 34,619,000 acres, against 34,047,000 last year. 

 The condition of winter wheat has fallen oft' 4.8 points, 

 being 77.9, against 82.7 May 1. The average condition of 

 spring wheat is 99.9, against 97.8 in 1895. The percentage 

 of the combined spring and winter acreage is 101.7 and the 

 condition of all wheat is 87.6. 



The preliminary report places the acreage of rye at 96.9, 

 last year's acreage. The condition is given as 85.2, as 

 against 85.7 last June. Where the condition is low the 

 reasons given are mostly winter-killing and drought. The 

 acreage of oats is 98.9 per cent of that of last year. 

 The greatest oat-producing State, Iowa, has an acreage of 

 97. The crop has a condition of 98.8, against 84.3 last 

 year at this time and 87 in 1894. There is some complaint 

 of chinch bugs and spring drought, but on the whole the 

 crop is a promising one. The acreage of barley is 89.9 per 



