CROP REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, 1892. 



Office State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., July 1, 1892. 



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

 herewith presented. The issuing of weekly crop reports in 

 co-operation with the New England Weather Service has 

 been commenced, and it is hoped that they are being well re- 

 c eived. Particular attention is called to the article on frost 

 warnings in this bulletin. 



Progress of the Season. 



Report No. 9(3 (June, 1892) of the Statistician of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture states that the 

 returns of June indicate the seeding of about the same area 

 of wheat as that of 1891. The returns of the condition of 

 winter wheat make a percentage of 88.3, an advance from 

 84 last month. Some States report no improvement, others 

 a slight betterment, and a few indicate a marked advance. 

 The preliminary report of acreage of oats makes about the 

 same breadth as last year, the State percentages consolidated 

 making an average for the whole of 99.1. The condition 

 of the crop is considerably below the average of June returns 

 for a series of years, but is three points above the report at 

 the same date last year. The general average is 88.5. 



The first return of acreage of rye shows a breadth very 

 slightly smaller than last year. The return of condition 

 makes the general average 91.0, or the lowest reported since 

 1887, and with two exceptions the lowest since 1879. 



The breadth of barley shows an increase of 2.3 per cent 

 over that harvested last year. The general average condi- 

 tion is 92.1. 



The total breadth of clover varies little from that of last 

 year. The condition of the crop is comparatively high, the 

 general average standing at 94.9. 



The early spring was not generally favorable for grass, 

 the May condition for pasture averaging only 87.5. The 



