CROP REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, 1888. 



Returned to the Department of Agriculture, July 1, 1888. 



Office State Board of Agriculture, 



Boston, Mass., July 5, 1888. 



General Remarks. 



YVe regret to announce that our first bulletin falls far 

 short of what we had hoped to make it. Those who have 

 acted as our correspondents have done remarkably well. 

 In most cases their returns are complete and to the point. 

 Although hut about a third of the granges and farmers' clubs 

 have made the desired returns, we take courage from the 

 third and go forward with our experiment, trusting that next 

 month another third will fall into line. The primary object 

 of these crop report publications is to benefit the farmers, 

 and a careful reading of the ' ' Notes of Correspondents " 

 will give a very clear idea of the general condition of farm 

 operations and crops. 



Copies of this bulletin will be sent upon application. 



The Weather. 



The present season has been unusually cold and wet. 

 Spring opened late and was followed by a rainy May, there 

 being but few pleasant days during the entire month. Hot 

 days have been a rarity ; consequently the season has been 

 very backward and all hoed crops have suffered. One cor- 

 respondent pertinently [Hits it thus: " No crops are suffer- 

 ing for the want of moisture." 



Grass. 



This is surely a grass year, and the indications are that the 

 hay crop will be unusually large and of good quality. Ow- 



