For the country at large the condition of other crops Sep- 

 tember 1 was as follows : peaches, 44.3 ; grapes, 84 ; pears, 64 ; 

 alfalfa, 86.6; Kafir corn, 74.4; millet, 69.5; watermelons, 

 80.2 ; cantaloupes, 78 ; cranberries, 78.1 ; oranges, 88 ; lemons, 

 94.8; sweet potatoes, 79.1; tomatoes, 74.8; cabbage, 68.6; 

 onions, 74.7; beans (dry), 81.5; Lima beans, 89.4; broom 

 corn, 63.5 ; hemp, 61 ; hops, 88.3 ; sorghum, 77.9 ; sugar cane, 

 92 ; sugar beets, 89.9 ; peanuts, 80.4. 



In Massachusetts the average condition of corn was 89; 

 of oats, 90 ; of buckwheat, 89 ; of stock hogs, 99 ; of tobacco, 

 85 ; of potatoes, 67 ; of apples, 67 ; of peaches, 69 ; of grapes, 

 90; of pears, 82; of millet, 89; of watermelons, 89; of 

 cantaloupes, 85 ; of cranberries, 82 ; of tomatoes, 83 ; of cab- 

 bage, 82; of onions, 71; of beans (dry), 86; and of Lima 

 beans, 81. 



Temperature and Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



[From United States National Weeklt Weather Bulletin.] 



Week ending Septemher Jj. — The average temperature for 

 the week was below the normal from the southern Plains 

 region northeastward to New England, and over the Lake 

 region and upper Mississijjpi valley, and there were also 

 small areas on the Pacific coast where the weekly means 

 were below normal, but nowhere were the negative departures 

 marked. Over the immediate Gulf coast, south Atlantic 

 States, the Missouri valley and the entire Eocky Mountain 

 and Plateau regions the temperatures were above the normal. 

 The total rainfall for the week exceeded 2 inches over the 

 greater part of the Atlantic coast States from Florida to 

 southern N'ew England, extending westward to and including 

 the Appalachian region. Amounts near 1 inch occurred in 

 the lower Lake region and at a few points in the Missouri 

 and Mississippi valleys. Elsewhere there was generally but 

 little rain. 



Week ending September 11. — The mean temperature of 

 the week was above average from the middle and southern 

 Rocky Mountain region eastward to the Atlantic. From ISTew 

 England westward over the northern tier of States to the 



