Ckop Eepoet for the Month of June, 1903. 



Office of State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., July 1, 1903. 



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

 presented herewith. We desire to call the attention of our 

 readers to the article on ' ' Summer management of the 

 dairy herd," at the close of the Bulletin, by Prof. F. S. 

 Cooley, professor of animal husbandry and dairying at the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College. The drought of the 

 early portion of the present season has made the question 

 of profitable management of the dairy herd one of prime 

 importance to all farmers dependent upon dairying for any 

 considerable proportion of their profits, and the subject is 

 therefore of particular interest at this time. 



Progress of the Season. 



Preliminary returns to the Statistician of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture (Crop Reporter for June, 

 1903) on the acreage of spring wheat sown indicate an area 

 of about 17,257,000 acres, a decrease of 364,000 acres, or 

 2.1 per cent, from the revised estimate of the acreage sown 

 last year. The average condition of spring wheat on June 

 1 Avas 95.9, as compared with 95.4 last year, 92 in 1901, 

 and a ten-year average of 92.9. The average condition of 

 winter wheat was 82.2, as compared with 92.6 on May 1, 

 76.1 on June 1 of last year, 87.8 in 1901, and a ten-3''ear 

 average of 79.1. 



The total reported acreage in oats is about 27,732,000 

 acres, a reduction of 920,000 acres, or 3.2 per cent, from 

 the area sown last year. The average condition of oats on 

 June 1 was 85.5, against 90.6 last year, 85.3 in 1901, and 

 a ten-year average of 90.2. 



The acreage reported as under barley exceeds that har- 

 vested last year by about 330,000 acres, or 7.1 per cent. 



