In Massacliusetts the average condition of corn was 85; 

 of oats, 88 ; of tobacco, 87 ; of potatoes, 75 ; of hay, 77 ; of 

 timothy, 75 ; of pastures, 68 ; of apples, 67 ; of peaches, 69 ; 

 of grapes, 85 ; of pears, 75 ; of watermelons, 81 ; of canta- 

 loupes, 85 ; of tomatoes, 80 ; of cabbage, 79 ; of onions, 70 ; 

 of millet, 84; of blackberries, 78; of raspberries, 74; of 

 beans (dry), 85 ; and of Lima beans, 81 ; the acreage of rye 

 compared with 1910 was 95, and the yield per acre 15 

 bushels ; and the production of clover hay compared with a 

 full crop was 67. 



Temperature and Rainfall foe the Whole Country. 

 iFrom United States National Weeklt Weather Bulletin.] 



Week ending August 7. — For the week, as a whole, the 

 mean temperature continued below the normal over the 

 Mississippi and Missouri valleys, and it was cooler than 

 the average over all districts from the Rocky Mountains 

 westward to the Pacific, the average deficiency ranging from 

 6° to 10° in the upper Missouri valley and the northern 

 Rocky Mountain and Plateau regions. The temperature also 

 averaged below the normal in a small area in southeastern 

 ISTew England. Over the Ohio valley. Middle Atlantic 

 States, northern New England and the Lake region the 

 average temperature for the week was above the normal, the 

 greatest excess occurring over the lower lakes. The total 

 precipitation for the week was rather generous in amount 

 and fairly well distributed throughout the entire area from 

 the middle portion of the Plains region eastward to the 

 Appalachian Mountains and the middle and south Atlantic 

 coast. Over ISTew England, 'New Jersey and the eastern 

 portions of ISTew York and Pennsylvania there was little or 

 no rain. 



Weel' ending August IJf. — For the week, as a whole, the 

 temperature was above the normal over all districts from the 

 Rocky Mountains eastward, except over southern and western 

 Florida and from the upper Mississippi valley westward, 

 where the weekly averages were somewhat below normal. 

 Maximum temperatures were above 90° except over the more 

 northern States and along the immediate coast from Chesa- 



