CROP EEPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, 1892. 



Office State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., Aug. 1, 1892. 



Progress of the Season in General. 



Report No. 97 (July, 1892) of the Statistician of tlie 

 United States Department of Agriculture states the acre- 

 age of corn, as compared with the actual area of last 

 year, to be 95.6 per cent. The reduction of area has mainly 

 been confined to the great corn-producing regions of the 

 Ohio, Upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys. In these 

 districts the falling oft' is much heavier than the general 

 average above given, the loss here having been in a measure 

 ofi'set by an increased acreage in the Atlantic States, and in 

 the South, districts in which corn is not a prominent crop. 

 The condition of the crop is returned at 81.1. This is the 

 lowest July average ever reported by this Department. The 

 poor condition is the result of excessive rainfall, which 

 delayed planting, prevented proper cultivation and resulted 

 in floods and overflows over large areas of bottom lands. 



The condition of winter wheat is reported at 89.6, against 

 ■88.3 on June 1. Spring wheat declined during the month 

 from 92.3 on June 1 to 90.9 on July 1. The condition ot 

 oats, which was reported very low, 88.5, in June, has been 

 further reduced during the past month, and the present 

 return, 87.2, is the lowest July condition, with one excep- 

 tion, ever reported, being generally the result of an unfavor- 

 able season for seeding and too much rain during the period 

 of growth. The month shows slight improvement in rye, 

 the averao-e advancing: to 92.8. The condition of barlev has 

 changed but little during the month ; but the average, 92.0, 

 is the highest reported in July of any year since 1885. 



The acreage of potatoes is returned at 94.2 per cent of 

 the large area of last year. In the South, where the breadth 



