Crop Eeport foe the Month of May, 1906. 



Office of State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., June 1, 1906. 



We present herewith Bulletin No. 1, Crop Keport for the 

 month of May, the first monthly crop bulletin for the year. 

 In the past, these bulletins have included statistics in regard 

 to the crop conditions of the country, weather conditions in 

 New England and elsewhere in the United States, a sum- 

 mary of the crop conditions in the State, at the time of 

 making returns each month, compiled in this office from the 

 reports of our correspondents, selected reports of corre- 

 spondents, and an article on some subject of interest to 

 farmers at the close of each bulletin. This plan will be 

 substantially followed during the present season. Sugges- 

 tions for improvement will be welcomed from all interested. 

 The article for the present issue is on " The Home Garden," 

 by Prof. Frank Wm. Rane, professor of horticulture at the 

 New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. 



The garden is a subject of vital interest to many, and 

 should be to all, for if the old adage that " Economy is 

 wealth" be true, it is equally true that there is no greater 

 money-saver, either on the farm or in the suburban home, 

 than a well-managed and productive garden. 



Progress of the Season. 

 The May returHs of the Crop Reporting Board of the 

 Bureau of Statistics of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture (Crop Reporter for May, 1906) show the area 

 under winter wheat remaining in cultivation May 1 to have 

 been about 29,023,000 acres, 6 per cent less than the area 

 sown last fall, and 1 per cent less than the area harvested 

 last year. The average condition of the growing winter- 

 wheat crop on May 1 was 91, as compared with 89 on April 



