The sixth question asked was : " What has been the yield 

 and quantity of rye, oats and barley?" Rye has been gen- 

 erally satisfactory both in respect to quality and quantity. 

 Many pieces of oats and barley have been cut green to sup- 

 plement the hay crop and prove very useful for that purpose. 

 Those fields still standing are reported as looking unusually 

 well. 



Pastures have been injured by lack of rain, and the quan- 

 tity of milk considerably lessened. The peach crop promises 

 to be much larger than usual. Cranberries promise well 

 now. The pear crop is good. Some fields of tobacco have 

 been topped, and the crop promises to be an unusually good 

 one. Indian corn is looking well, but is still backward and 

 needs warmer weather. On the whole the condition August 

 1 is favorable and the season so far has been fairly prosperous 

 for the farmer. 



Report ±^0. 8G of the Statistician of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture gives the following figures of 

 estimated acreage and condition of crops in Massachusetts 

 July 1, 1891 : Acreage of corn compared with last year, 107 ; 

 average condition July 1, 93 ; average condition of rye July 

 1, 97 ; average condition of oats July 1, 95 ; average condi- 

 tion of barley July 1, 94 ; acreage of potatoes compared with 

 last year, 105; average condition July 1, 97; acreage of 

 beans compared with last year, 103 ; average condition July 

 1, 98; acreage of tobacco compared w'ith last year, 102; 

 average condition July 1, 98; average condition of clover 

 July 1, 88 ; average condition of timothy July 1, 84 ; average 

 condition of pasture July 1, 89 ; average condition of apples 

 July 1,71; average condition of peaches J'uly 1, 67 ; average 

 condition of grapes July 1, 97; average weight per fleece, 

 4.8 pounds. 



An article showing the yield and value per acre of crops 

 in Massachusetts, as compared with other States, will be 

 found printed at the end of the bulletin. 



The " Notes of Correspondents," following the weather 

 data for the month, give much that will be of interest to 

 agriculturists. It will be observed that the notes are 

 arranged by counties, commencing with Berkshire and work- 

 ing eastward to Nantucket. It will also be observed that 



