Crop Eepokt for the Month of July, 1902. 



Office of State Board of Agkiciltuke, 

 Boston, Mass., Aug. 1, 1902. 



Bulletin No. 3, Crop Report for the month of July, is 

 herewith presented. Attention is called to the article at the 

 close of the bulletin on " Beef Production in New England," 

 by Prof. J. W. Sanborn. Professor Sanborn has been con- 

 nected with the New Hampshire and Missouri agricultural 

 colleges, and was formerly director of the Missouri Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, president of the Utah Agricultural 

 College and director of the Utah Agricultural Experiment 

 Station. He is at present engaged in farming on a large 

 scale at Gilmanton, N. H., and his wide experience in both 

 New England and the west has rendered him particularly 

 fitted to treat this important and timely subject, which de- 

 serves attention and study on the part of our farmers in these 

 times of high-priced meat products. 



Progress of the Season. 



The July returns of the United States Department of Ag- 

 riculture (Crop Reporter for July, 1902) state that the pre- 

 liminary returns on the acreage of corn planted indicate an 

 increase of about 3,520,000 acres, or 3.9 per cent on the 

 area planted last year. The average condition of the grow- 

 ing crop July 1 was 87.5, as compared with 81.3 last year, 

 89.5 in 1900 and a ten-year average of 89.2. 



The condition of winter wheat improved during June nine- 

 tenths of one per cent, standing on July 1 at 77, or 11.3 

 points below the condition last year, 3.8 points below that" 

 in 1900 and 2.4 points below the ten-year average. The 

 average condition of spring wheat declined 3 points during 

 June, standing at 92.4 on July 1, as conipared with 95. (i 

 last year, 55.2 at the corresponding date in 1900 and a ton- 

 year average of 85.8. The condition of spring and winter 



