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Ceop Report for the Month of Mat, 1894. 



Office State Board of Agriculture, 



Boston, Mass., June 1, 1894. 



The issuing of monthly crop reports during the growing 

 season having proven so acceptable in past years it has been 

 decided to issue them this season. The table and synopsis 

 "of Massachusetts weather will be furnished monthly by the 

 New England Weather Service as heretofore. Also arrano^e- 

 ments have again been made for the issuing of weekly crop- 

 bulletins in co-operation with the Service. Attention is called 

 to an article at the end of tlris bulletin, by the Poraologist of 

 this Board. It is addressed to fruit growers, dealers and 

 consumers and is timely and to the point. 



Eeport on Farm Animals. 



Report No. 112, United States Department of Agriculture, Division of 



Statistics. 



Horses. 

 The returns of the number of horses show an increase of 

 the same in 30 out of the 47 States and territories, not includ- 

 ing Oklahoma and the Indian reservations ; a decrease in 17 

 States and territories, and a general decrease as compared 

 with returns of January, 1893, of 125,663, the total number 

 of horses in January last year being 16,206,802, against 

 16,081,139 at the same date in 1894, which were valued at 

 $769,224,799. An increase is shown in all the New Eng- 

 land and Middle States, with the exception of New Jersey. 

 Prices have declined in all the States and territories, 

 excepting Rhode Island and Idaho. The average range is 

 from $15.80 in New Mexico to $95.43 in Rhode Island, the 

 average value being $47.83. In addition to the general 

 depression, the cause of the low prices of horses is attributed 

 to the rapid substitution of electrical and other motors in the 

 street car service of towns and cities. There has been a 

 slight increase in the number of mules, the aggregate in 



