10°. The month as a whole was from 1 to 2° below the nor- 

 mal for May. The cool cloudy weather was unfavorable to 

 vegetation, so that the season which was in advance of the 

 average at the beginning of the month had dropped to about 

 normal at the close. Frosts and in some sections light freezes 

 occurred on several nights, chiefly from the 10th to the 13th. 

 Generally speaking the weather of the month was unseason- 

 ably cool and wet. 



Special Telegraphic Eepoets. 

 [Weather Bureau, Boston.] 



Weeh ending May 5. — New England. Boston : Sunshine 

 was abundant and conditions were favorable. The rainfall 

 was generally light. The nights were cool the first part of 

 the week in the northern portion, and warm days marked the 

 last part in the southern. 



Weeh ending May 12. — Kew England. Boston: Fair 

 weather prevailed. The temperature was high the first of 

 the week, but cool nights, with local frosts, prevailed the 

 middle and last parts. 



Weeh ending May 19. — Kew England. Boston : There 

 were occasional showers, which were beneficial. Conditions 

 were favorable, except for the low temperature, with heavy 

 frost, in the middle of the week. 



Weeh ending May 26. — 'New England. Boston : Fair 

 weather during the first part was followed by copious, bene- 

 ficial rains the last of the week. Temperature averaged below 

 normal, and warmer weather is needed. 



PUBLICATIONS, NOV. 1, 1912, TO JUNE 1, 1913. 



Copies of the Crop Reports for 1912, containing the arti- 

 cles specified as follows, are still available : No. 1, " Pork 

 Making for Massachusetts Farmers ; " No. 2, " Irrigation in 

 Massachusetts ; " No. 3, " Silos and Silage ; " No. 4, " Ducks 

 and Geese ; " and No. 5, " Some Suggestions on Barn Build- 

 ing." 



The second edition of Bulletin No. 4, entitled " Small 



