Ckop Keport for the Month of July, 1896. 



Office of State Boahd of Agriculture, 



Boston, Mass., Aug. 1, 1896. 



Bulletin No. 3, Crop Eeport for the month of July, is 

 herewith presented. Attention is called to the article on 

 " The Army Worm," by the assistant entomologist of the 

 gypsy moth committee, which is printed at the close of this 

 bulletin. The information comes too late to be of service 

 this year, but it is thought that a careful perusal of this 

 article will do much toward giving information which may 

 be of value in repelling the outbreaks of this pest which are 

 likely to occur another year. 



Progress of the Season. 



Report No. 139, New Series (July, 1896), of the Statisti- 

 cian of the United States Department of Agriculture shows 

 that the condition of winter wheat is 75.6, against 77.9 in 

 June and 65.8 last July. The condition of spring wheat is 

 93.3, against 99.9 in June and 102.2 in July, 1895. If 

 spring is combined with winter wheat, the average condition 

 of the whole crop is 83.4 per cent. 



The preliminary report on the acreage of corn shows 98.7, 

 as compared with that of 1895, a decrease of 1.3 points. 

 This makes in round figures 81,000,000 acres, against 

 82,000,000 acres last year. The average condition of corn 

 is 92.4, against 99.3 in July last year. 



Winter rye has the average condition of 83.8 per cent, the 

 average for last year at this time being 82.2 and for June of 

 this year 85.2, The average for spring rye in 98.6, against 

 77 last year. Some damage to this grain by rust, insects 

 and worms is reported from many States. 



The average condition of barley is 88.1, as against 91.9 last 

 year and 98 in June. 



