Crop Report for the Month of June, 1907. 



Office of State Board of Agriculture, 

 Boston, Mass., July 1, 1907. 



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

 presented herewith. At the close of this issue is an article 

 on " Plum Culture in Massachusetts," by Prof. F. A. Waugh, 

 professor of horticulture at the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College. Professor Waugh has paid a great deal of attention 

 to this fruit, having experimented with and written of its 

 management to a considerable extent, and is perhaps the 

 best-posted man, in this section of the country at least, with 

 relation to the plum and its possibilities. The article is 

 direct, concise and full of valuable information. It should 

 prove of great value to all interested in this fruit. 



Peogkess of the Season. 



Preliminary returns to the Crop Reporting Board of the 

 Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Agriculture (Crop 

 Reporter for June, 1907) on the acreage of spring wheat 

 sovvTi indicate an area of about 16,464,000 acres, a decrease 

 of 1,242,000 acres, or 7 per cent, as compared with the final 

 estimate of the acreage sown last year. The average condi- 

 tion of spring wheat June 1 was 88.7, as compared with 93.4 

 last year, 93.7 in 1905, and a ten-year average of 93.3. The 

 average condition of winter wheat was 77.4, as compared 

 with 82.9 on May 1, 1907, 82.7 on June 1, 1906, 85.5 in 

 1905, and a ten-year average of 81.1, 



The total area reported in oats is about 31,491,000 acres, 

 an increase of 532,000 acres, or 1.7 per cent, as compared 

 with the final estimate of the area sown last year. The 

 average condition of oats on June 1 was 81.6, against 85.9 

 in 1906, 92.9 in 1905, and a ten-year average of 89.7. 



