CROP REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, 1891. 



Compiled from Rp:turn3 to the Office of the State Board of 

 Agriculture, June 29, 1891. 



Office State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., July 4, 1891. 



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

 herewith presented. These crop bulletins are compiled from 

 data received from selected correspondents in difierent parts 

 of the State, by means of blanks sent to them monthly. For 

 this issue one hundred and sixty-four such blanks were sent 

 out, and one hundred and twenty-six were returned in time 

 to be incorporated in the bulletin. 



The weather data, from ol)servers in some seventeen local- 

 ities in the State, are received and compiled by an expert in 

 such matters. 



These crop bulletins will be mailed as issued to those who 

 have received them in past seasons, and to any others who 

 make application for them. It is believed this kind of work 

 is of value to those engaged in agricultural pursuits, and 

 every eflbrt will be made to make it as valuable as possible. 

 In the circular to correspondents returnable to this office 

 June 29, the first question asked was : " How does the 

 season compare with same date last year?" On account of 

 the changeableness of the season, the frosts of last month 

 and the early part of this month, and the drought following, 

 some crops are unusually well advanced while others are 

 quite backward. It is l)elieved that on the whole the pres- 

 ent season compares favorably with last season. 



The second question asked was: "How is Indian corn 

 looking, and is the acreage in your vicinity greater than last 



