Crop Eepoht for the Month of June, 1912. 



Office of State Board of Agbicultubb, 

 Boston, Mass., July 1, 1912. 



The second crop report of the season of 1912, for the 

 month of June, is herewith presented. Conditions were such 

 at the time of the issiiance of the May report that but a poor 

 estimate of crop prospects coukl be made, owing to the late- 

 ness of the season. The current issue of the report will there- 

 fore be of added interest in that a better idea may be gained 

 of crop prospects, and owing to the fact that the extent and 

 damage of the late frosts of the past month are brought out. 

 The special article in this issue, which will be found at the 

 close of the reports, deals with the subject of " Irrigation,'^ 

 a subject which has received increased attention in New Eng- 

 land the past two or three years, owing to the excessive 

 droughts which have prevailed. The article is by Mr. Henry 

 M. Howard of West Newton, who is profitably practicing 

 irrigation methods, and who knows whereof he speaks. In- 

 terest in the practice of irrigation for this part of the country 

 is bound to increase as its benefits and added profits are 

 called to the attention of the Massachusetts market gardener 

 and fruit grower. This article, coupled with the answers to 

 the question on irrigation which was included in the circular 

 to crop correspondents, will give the readers of the crop re- 

 port an insight into the methods and results of the practice 

 and of the extent to which irrigation is now practiced in 

 Massachusetts. 



Progress of the Seasoint. 



The Crop Reporting Board of the Bureau of Statistics, 

 United States Department of Agriculture, estimates, from 

 the reports of the correspondents and agents of the Bureau, 

 as follows for the United States : — 



