Preliminary estimates of productiou have been made as 

 follows : — 



The quality of spring wheat is 79.8 per cent, compared 

 ■\^dth a ten-year average of 87.1 ; oats, 84.6 per cent, compared 

 with a ten-year average of 86.6; barley, 84.9 per cent, com- 

 pared with a ten-year average of 87.5. 



All estimates of acreage and production for 1911 are pre- 

 liminary and subject to modification later. 



In Massachusetts the average condition of corn October 1 

 was 85 ; the yield per acre of oats 37.7 bushels, the production 

 264,000 bushels, and the quality 90; the condition of buck- 

 wheat was 78 ; of potatoes, 65 ; of tobacco, 75 ; of apples, 70 ; 

 of grapes, 89 ; of pears, 85 ; of cranberries, 74 ; the yield per 

 acre of cabbages, 6.5 tons; of onions, 290 bushels; the pro- 

 duction of tomatoes, compared with a full crop, was 80 ; of 

 cabbages, 80; of onions, 65; of beans (dry), 78; of Lima 

 beans, 76 ; of millet for hay, 85 ; of millet for seed, 85. 



Massachusetts Weather, 1911. 

 [Furnished by Weather Bureau, Boston.] 

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

 deficient in precipitation. There was much cloudiness, not- 

 withstanding the light rainfall. The daily mean tempera- 

 tures 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, 

 considering the season of the year. 



