Crop Eepoet foe the Month of June, 1897. 



Office of State Boaed of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., July 1, 1897. 



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

 herewith presented. Particular attention is called to " Three 

 Shade-tree Insects," a special article by A. H. Kirkland, 

 M.S., assistant entomologist to the committee on gypsy 

 moth, insects and birds, which is printed at the close of the 

 bulletin. 



Progress or the Season. 



Report No. 149 (June, 1897) of the Statistician of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture gives the net aggre- 

 gate acreage of winter wheat as 21,562,000 acres. This is 

 94.6 per cent of that harvested last year, as against a per- 

 centage of 105.2 reported sown, the decrease being caused 

 by extensive abandonment owing to winter-killing. The 

 average condition is now 78.5, having fallen 1.7 points dur- 

 ing May, but it is still 0.6 point higher than last year. 

 The acreage of spring wheat is 110 per cent of last year's, 

 much winter wheat having been ploughed up and re-seeded 

 to spring. The average condition is 89.6, against 99.9 last 

 year. The total wheat acreage is 34,569,000 acres, a re- 

 duction of 0.1 per cent from last year, and the average 

 condition is 82.7, against 87.6 last year. 



The area of oats is 93.3 per cent that of last year, the 

 cause of decrease being the low price of oats last year and 

 unfavorable weather at planting time. The average con- 

 dition is 89, against 98.8 last June. 



The acreage of barley is 92.2 per cent that of last year, 

 the cause of the reduction being the same as for oats. The 

 average condition is 87.4, against 98 last year. 



The rye acreage is greatly reduced in the great central 

 region, bringing the general average acreage for the country 



