The average condition of rye on May 1 was 90, compared 

 with 89.3 on April 1, 91.3 on May 1, 1910, and 89.7, the 

 average of the past ten years. 



The average condition of meadow (hay) lands on May 1 

 was 84.7, compared with 89.8 on May 1, 1910, and a ten- 

 year average of 89.4. Stocks of hay on farms are estimated as 

 7,546,000 tons (12.4 per cent of crop), against 7,375,000 

 tons (11.2 per cent) on May 1, 1910. 



The average condition of pastures on May 1 was 81.3, com- 

 pared with 89.3 on May 1, 1910, and a ten-year a^erage 

 of 87.4. 



Of spring plowing, 71 per cent was completed up to May 1, 

 compared with 80.3 per cent on May 1, 1910, and a ten-year 

 average of 67.2. 



Of spring planting, 60 per cent was completed up to May 1, 

 compared with 65 per cent and 51.9 per cent on May 1, 1910 

 and 1909, respectively. 



In Massachusetts the average condition of rye was given as 

 84 ; of mowings, 84 ; of spring pastures, 77 ; the percentage of 

 spring plowing completed as 25 ; percentage of spring plant- 

 ing done as 13 ; the amount of hay remaining on farms as 

 91,000 tons, and the percentage fed to stock owned on farm 

 producing it as 85. 



Weather Summary, Jax. 1 to May 1, 1911. 



[Furnished by Weather Bureau, Boston.] 



January : The month was not as cold as usual and was defi- 

 cient in precipitation. There was much cloudiness, notwith- 

 standing the light rainfall. The daily mean temperatures 

 were generally above the average, and the monthly mean was 

 about 5° above the normal. The snowfall of the month was 

 remarkably light, the total not exceeding 2 inches in interior 

 sections, and ranging from a trace to an inch along the coast. 

 The weather as a whole was exceptionally pleasant, consider- 

 ing the season of the year. 



February: Generally speaking the weather was cold, with 

 precipitation near the average. The daily temperatures 

 ran2;ed verv near the average, and the monthlv mean was less 



