Crop Report for the Month of July, 1900. 



Office of State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mash., Aug. 1, 1900. 



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

 herewith presented. Attention is called to the special article 

 at the end of the bulletin, on " Birds as Protectors of Wood- 

 lands," by E. H. Forbush, Ornithologist to the Board. 



Progress of the Season. 



The July returns of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture (Crop Circular for July, 1900) state that the 

 preliminary returns of the acreage of corn indicate an in- 

 crease of about 1,200,000 acres, or about 1.5 per cent, over 

 the acreage harvested last year. The average condition, 

 89.5, is 3 points above the condition of last year, and 1.2 

 points below the ten-year average. 



The condition of winter wheat shows a further decline 

 during June, being 80.8 on July 1, as compared with 82.7 

 on June 1, 65.6 on July 1 of last year, and a ten-year 

 average of 79.8. The average condition of spring \vheat is 

 55.2, as compared with 87.3 a month ago, 91.7 on July 1 

 of last year, and a ten-year average of 89.5. The condition 

 of spring and winter wheat combined was 69.8, against 76.2 

 on July 1 of last year, and 89.4 at the corresponding date 

 in 1898. The amount of wheat remaining in the hands of 

 the farmers is estimated at about 51,000,000 bushels, or 

 9.3 per cent of the crop of 1899. 



The average condition of the oat crop on July 1 was 85.5, 

 as compared with 91.7 a month ago, 90 on July 1 of last year, 

 and a ten-year average of 87.3. 



The average condition of barley was 76.3 as against 86.2 

 a month earlier, 92 on July 1 of last year, and a ten-year 

 average of 88.3. 



