amount of wheat remaining in the hands of farmers on Jul}'' 

 1 was estimated at about 31,000,000 bushels, or the equiv- 

 alent of 5.85 per cent of the crop of 1900. 



The average condition of the oat crop was 83.7, as com- 

 pared with 85.3 on June 1, 85.5 on July 1 of last year, 90 

 in 1899, and a ten-year average of 87.7. 



The average condition of barley was 91.3, as against 91 

 on June 1, 76.3 on July 1 of last year, 92 in 1899, and a 

 ten-year average of 87.1. 



The average condition of winter rye was 93. H, as com- 

 pared with 89.6 on July 1 of last year, 83.3 in 1899, and a 

 ten-year average of 89.2. The average condition of spring 

 rye was 93.3, as compared with 69.7 on July 1, 1900, 89.7 

 in 1899, and a ten-year average of 87.3. 



There is an indicated decrease of some 60,000 acres, or 

 2.3 per cent, in the acreage of potatoes. The average con- 

 dition was 87.4, as compared with 91.3 on July 1, 1900, 

 93.8 in 1899, and a ten-year average of 93.1. 



The sweet potato reports were rather unfavorable, a ma- 

 jority of the more important producing States showing con- 

 ditions more or less below their ten-year averages. 



Reports on the hay crop were in the main unftivorable, 

 there being a decline from the condition as reported on June 1 

 in a majority of the more important hay-producing States. 

 The condition of pastures suftered impairment during the 

 month, and in several important States was considerably 

 below the ten-year averages. 



While there was a general decline in the condition of 

 apples and peaches as compared with a month earlier, almost 

 every important peach-growing State has the promise of 

 more than an average crop, but in the apple-producing 

 States the crop will be generally poor. The condition of 

 grapes was excellent. 



The average condition of cotton on June 25 was 81.1, as 

 compared with 81.5 on the 20th of the preceding month, 

 75.8 on July 1, 1900, 87.8 in 1899, a ten-year average of 

 86.3, and a fifteen-year average of 87.5. 



In Massachusetts the acreage of corn as compared with 

 last year was 100, and the average condition July 1, 86; 

 the average condition of oats, 92 ; the average condition of 



