than the normal July. Fortunately the excessively warm days 

 were attended by moisture or humidity much below the aver- 

 age, otherwise the unusually oppressive weather would have 

 been almost unbearable. Excepting scattered showers, with 

 light to moderate rainfall, there was no precipitation till the 

 24th, when copious rains fell in nearly all sections of the 

 State. On the 28th rains occurred, ranging from moderate in 

 interior and western sections to a downpour of several inches 

 along the coast. The rainfall during this storm brought the 

 total of the month up to and in some sections much above the 

 July normal. The drought preceding the 24th resulted in 

 great damage to the agricultural interests, although the rains 

 during the remainder of the month were of inestimable benefit 

 to manifold interests. Viewed as a whole, the month was 

 remarkable for heat and drought. 



PuBLICATIO]SrS. 



The only publication of the month was the second edition 

 of '" Massachusetts : Her Agricultural Resources, Advantages 

 and Opportunities, with a List of Farms for Sale." Half the 

 edition has been delivered from the printers and copies will 

 be sent free on application to any address. The crop report 

 for June, containing an article on " Cabbage and cauliflower 

 as market-garden and farm crops," is still available. A com- 

 plete list of the available publications of the Board will be 

 sent to any one requesting it. 



State Board of Agkicultuee Exhibit. 

 An exhibit has been prepared of the work of the Board for 

 the Conference of Rural Social Workers, at the Massachusetts 

 Agi-icultural College, on August 2, 3 and 4 next. It consists 

 of cards giving a concise statement of the work of the Board 

 in its various departments, entered under the head of " Activi- 

 ties ; " samples of the literature of the Board, mounted on 

 cards, with labels and brief descriptions, together with infor- 

 mation as to how they can be obtained ; and charts showing 

 the production of the various crops and farm products in 

 Massachusetts, bv towns, the different colors in which the 



