time of harvest for the past ten years. The average condition 

 of spring vi^heat on July 1 v^^as 61.6, as compared with 92.8 

 a month earlier, 92.7 on July 1, 1909, 89.4 on July 1, 1908, 

 and 87.1, the ten-year average. The average condition on 

 July 1 of spring and v^^inter wheat combined was 73.5, 

 against 85.2 a month earlier, 86.5 on July 1, 1909, 83.9 on 

 July 1, 1908, and 84, the ten-year average. 



The average condition of the oat crop on July 1 was 82.2, 

 as compared with 91 a month earlier, 88.3 on July 1, 1909, 



85.7 on July 1, 1908, and 86.6, the ten-year average. 



The acreage of white potatoes is estimated at 3,521,000 

 acres, or 4,000 acres (.1 per cent) less than last year. The 

 condition of the crop on July 1 was 86.3, as compared with 

 93 on July 1, 1909, 89.6 on July 1, 1908, and 90.9, the 

 ten-year average on July 1. 



The acreage of tobacco is estimated at 1,216,000 acres, 

 or 35,700 acres (3 per cent) more than last year. The con- 

 dition of the crop on July 1 was 85.3, as compared with 



89.8 on July 1, 1909, 86.6 on July 1, 1908, and 86.3, the 

 ten-year average on July 1. 



In Massachusetts the acreage of corn is 50,000 acres, or 

 106, as compared with last year, and the condition July 1 

 was 90 ; the average condition of oats was 99 ; the acreage 

 of tobacco was 4,400 acres, or 100, as compared with last 

 year, and the average condition was 95 ; the acreage of Irish 

 potatoes was 34,000 acres, or 99, as compared with last 

 .year, and the average condition was 93; the average condi- 

 tion of rye was 96 ; of timothy, 97 ; of clover for hay, 97 ; of 

 all hay, 97 ; of pasture, 96 ; of apples, 77 ; of peaches, 65 ; of 

 pears, 83 ; of grapes, 82 ; of strawberries, 90 ; of tomatoes, 

 90; of cabbages, 91 ; of onions, 90; of Lima boans, 86; of 

 other beans, 90; of blackliorvies, 94; of i-aspborries, 93; and 

 of cantaloupes, 82. 



Temperature and Uainfatx for the Wiiot.e Country. 



[From United States National Weekly Weather Bulletin.) 



Wrel- rnding July J/. — High temperatures over the upper 

 Missouri valley and adjoining districts in (.anadn nnirkcd the 

 first of the week, and slowly overspread the Plains States, 



