In Report No. IIG (June, 1894) the statistician gives the 

 acreage of Avinter wheat so^vn, compared with tliat which 

 was harvested hist year, as 09 per cent. There is an increase 

 of acreage, as compared with 1893, in but nine States. The 

 condition of winter wheat is reported as 83.2 and spring- 

 wheat as 88. Winter wheat lias been injured by chinch l)ugs, 

 army worm, fly, rust and cold weather. 



Acreage of oats about as last year, with condition at 87 

 against 88.9 last June. Acreage of barley 98.5 per cent of 

 that of last year with condition 82.2 against 88.3 last year. 

 The general condition is due to unfavorable weather. Cali- 

 fornia, which produces more barley than any other State, has 

 the very low percentage of 58. The acreage of rye is 95.3 

 per cent of that of last year. Average condition, 93.2. 

 Condition is high in the East and generally good in other 

 States of large production. 



The returns of clover show a reduction of 3.8 per cent 

 from last year's aren, the general average of condition l)eing 

 87.8. Freezing weather, chiefly during March, and the rav- 

 ages of insects are among the principal causes of reduced 

 area or impaired condition. 



Average condition of spring pasture, 92. Condition gen- 

 erally high in New England, in all the States which Ixjrder 

 on the Great Lakes from New York to Minnesota, inclusive, 

 and to those lying along our northern boundary from Lake 

 Superior to the Pacific. 



The condition of peaches is generally low and the crop 

 promises to be practically a failure. The best prospects east 

 of the Ivocky Mountains are in New Jersey (65) and in Mich- 

 igan (70). The condition in California (85), by reason of 

 the advanced state of growth in that favored locality, stands 

 for a good crop. 



The condition of apples is somewhat better than that of 

 peaches. In sections of New England, where the season is 

 far enough advanced for the fact to be determined, a fine set 

 is reported and prospects are unusually promising. In New 

 York trees have bloomed full, but some counties report dam- 

 age from frost and cold rains. A sudden decline in the con- 

 dition begins with New Jersey and Pennsylvania, due to the 

 causes just stated, and the increased damage from the freez- 



