Crop Report for the Month of June, i894. 



Office State Board of A.aRicui/roRE, 



Boston, Mass., July 2, 1894. 



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

 herewith presented. Particular attention is called to an ar- 

 ticle at the end of tiiis bulletin on Tuberculosis and its Eradi- 

 cation, by the Veterinarian of this Board. 



Peogress of the Season. 



Report No. 115 (May, 1894) of the Statistician of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture states tliat winter 

 wheat has Mien oft' 5.3 points since the April report, caused 

 by drought, cool weather and high winds. 



Winter rye, like winter wheat, has suftered a decline since 

 last month, the average for May 1 being 90.7 against 94,4 in 

 April. 



The average condition of barley is 62.3 against 86. G last 

 year. The low condition is the result of the drought in 

 California. 



The planting of cotton was late, owing to continued cold 

 weather, and germination has been slow and growth of plants 

 backward. Meadows enter the })resent season ^vith an av- 

 erage condition of 91.7. The drought of last year and the 

 sudden freeze of the last of March are the main causes of 

 impairment. The latter was particularly destructive to young 

 clover. The injury occurred principally in the South, in 

 States bordering on the Ohio River and the lower Mississippi 

 valley. 



The present season has been particularly favorable for all 

 spring work and the proportion of plowing done May 1 is 

 returned as 83.5 per cent. The propm-tion usually completed 

 by this date is 77.8 per cent. At this time the ground is 



