In Massachusetts the average condition of corn September 

 1 was given as 98 ; the average condition of rye when har- 

 vested as 92 ; tlie average condition of oats when harvested 

 as 82 ; the average condition of barley when harvested as 

 83 ; the average, condition of buckwheat September 1, as 97 ; 

 the average condition of potatoes as 6Q ; the average condi- 

 tion of apples as 39 ; the product of peaches compared with 

 a full crop as 53 ; the average condition of grapes as 90 ; the 

 average condition of tobacco as 100 ; the number of stock 

 hogs compared with last year as 95, and their average con- 

 dition as to size and weight as 99 ; the acreage of clover seed 

 compared with last year as 103, and the condition of the 

 crop as 97. 



Temperatuee and Rainfall for the whole Country. 



[From the United States Climate and Crop Bulletins.] 



Week ending September 2. — The week was slightly cooler 

 than usual in portions of Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and 

 in Florida. It was also cooler than usual in California and 

 western Oregon. Elsewhere throughout the country the week 

 was warmer than usual, the excess being greatest in the 

 Rocky Mountain region, the lower Missouri valley, the lower 

 Lake region and New England. Rain during the week was 

 excessive in the greater portion of Virginia and the south 

 Atlantic States. There was also heavy rain in the Lake 

 Erie region. There was a deficiency in the Missouri and 

 upper Mississippi valleys and New England, generally 

 throughout the Rocky Mountain region and California. 



Week ending September 9. — The week was slightly cooler 

 than usual in the south Atlantic States and in portions of 

 Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. It was 

 also cooler than usual in the Pacific Coast States and over 

 the greater portion of the Plateau regions. The week aver- 

 aged warmer than usual from Texas northward to the Dakotas 

 and thence eastward to New England. There was an excess 

 of rain in eastern Washington, Montana, southern portions 

 of North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, all of South 

 Dakota and Nebraska, northern Iowa, western Kansas and 

 Oklahoma. From the central portion of the great valleys 

 eastward to the Atlantic coast there was very little rain. 



