Crop Report for the Month of May, 1900. 



Office of State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., June 1, 1900. 



We present herewith Bulletin No. 1, Crop Report for the 

 month of May, the first of our series of monthly crop bulle- 

 tins for the present season. Much the same general plan 

 will be followed in their issue as in former years, and we 

 shall, as usual, endeavor to place the bulletins in the hands 

 of our readers as near the end of the month as possible. 

 An article by some scientist of reputation will be included 

 in each issue. This bulletin contains an article on " Insects 

 injuring market garden crops," by H. T. Fernald, Ph.D., 

 professor of entomology at the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College, which we would commend particularly to the 

 attention of our readers. 



Progress of the Season. 



The May returns of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture (Crop Circular for May, 1900) show the acre- 

 age of winter wheat to be about 26,585,000 acres, — 

 3,5G3,000 acres, or 11.8 per cent less than the area esti- 

 mated to have been sown last fall. For the area remaining 

 under cultivation the average condition is 88.9, as compared 

 with 70. 2 on May 1 of last year, 86.5 on the corresponding- 

 date in 1898, and 82.7, the mean of the averages of the last 

 ten years. 



The average condition of winter rye is 88.5, as compared 

 with 85.2 on May 1 of last year, 94.5 in 1898, and 89.7, the 

 mean of the May averages for the last ten years. 



The average condition of meadow mowing lands is 90.8, 

 against 84.9 on May 1 of last year, 92.9 in 1898, and 91.3, 

 the mean of the May averages of the last ten years. 



