In Massachusetts the acreage of rye as compared with last 

 year is given as 96, and the average condition June 1 as 88 ; 

 the acreage of oats as 98, and the condition as 86 ; the acre- 

 age of barley as 99, and the condition as 94 ; the acreage of 

 clover as 98, and the condition as 82 ; the average condition 

 of spring pasture as 78 ; the average condition of apples as 

 62, and of peaches as 15. 



Temperature and Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



[From United States Climate and Crop Bulletins] 



Week ending May 29. — The week was cooler than usual 

 on the Pacific coast, in the Rocky Mountain districts, along 

 the south shore of Lake Superior and in the States border- 

 ing on the Atlantic. In the central valleys, west Gulf States 

 and over the greater part of the Lake region the week was 

 warmer than usual. The maximum temperatures of the week 

 were not unusually high, but the minimum temperatures on 

 the 25th in California and in the middle Atlantic States were 

 decidedly low. There was more than the usual amount of 

 rainfall during the week over the greater part of the upper 

 Lake region and upper Mississippi valley, over the central 

 portions of Kansas and Nebraska and local areas elsewhere. 

 In the lower Missouri valley and from the central Mississippi 

 valley eastward, including all districts northward of the 

 Carolinas, the rainfall was much below the average. The 

 week was not generally favorable to the growth of corn. 

 The general condition of winter wheat was probably less 

 favorable than the previous week, but the week was highly 

 favorable to spring wheat. The absence of rain made the 

 week unfavorable to transplanting tobacco. 



Week ending June 5. — The week was warmer than usual 

 in all districts east of the Rocky Mountains, being decidedly 

 warm in the central valleys, Lake region, New England and 

 the middle Atlantic States. The temperature extremes of 

 the week were not abnormal, as a rule. There was an ex- 

 ceptionally heavy fall of rain, for this season, throughout the 

 Pacific coa*t districts and the central Rocky Mountain region. 

 Very heavy rains fell in the upper Missouri valley and over 

 portions of the upper Mississippi valley. A large part of 



