Crop Eeport for the Month of July, 1903. 



Office of State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., Aug. 1, 1903. 



Bulletin Xo. 3, Crop Report for the month of eTuly, is 

 presented herewith. Particular attention is called to the 

 article at the close of the bulletin on " Bee Keeping : Its 

 Pleasures and Profits," by Dr. James B. Paige, professor 

 of veterinary science at the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College. Professor Paig-e has devoted considerable time to 

 a careful study of the subject of bee keeping, and a course 

 on the subject, under his management, will be included in 

 the curriculum of the Massachusetts Agricultural College 

 during the coming academic year. The object of the present 

 article is rather to awaken an interest in the industrv than 

 to afford an exhaustive treatise on the entire subject of 

 apiary management. 



Progress of the Season. 



The July returns of the United States Department of 

 Agricultm-e (Crop Reporter for July, 1903) state that the 

 preliminary returns on the acreage of corn planted show it 

 to be about 89,800,000 acres, a decrease of 4,200,000 acres, 

 or 4.5 per cent, from the area planted last year, as revised 

 in December. The average condition of the growing crop 

 July 1 was 79.4, as compared with 87.5 last year, 81.3 in 

 1901, and a ten-year average of 89.8. 



The average condition of winter wheat was 78.8, as com- 

 pared with 82.2 last month, 77 on the corresponding date 

 in 1902, 88.3 in 1901, and a ten-year average of 85.9. The 

 average condition of spring wheat was 82.5, as compared 

 with 95.9 last month, 92.4 last year, 95.(5 in 1901, and a 

 ten-year average of 85.9. The average condition of spring 

 and winter Avheat combined was 80, as compared with 82.9 

 last year, and 91.1 in 1901. The amount of wheat remain- 



