in which the condition is not considerably below the aver- 

 age of the last fifteen years. The peach crop will be a 

 general failure, but the outlook for grapes is promising. 



In Massachusetts the acreage of corn as compared with 

 last year is 103, and the average condition July 1 is .89 ; the 

 average condition of oats, 86 ; the average condition of 

 barley, 84 ; the average condition of spring rye, 77 ; the 

 acreage of potatoes, 102, and the average condition, 89 ; the 

 average condition of tobacco, 90 ; the average condition of 

 clover, 68 ; the average condition of timothy, 66 ; the aver- 

 age condition of pasture, 68 ; the average condition of 

 apples, 48 ; the average condition of peaches, 26 ; and the 

 average condition of grapes, 88. 



Temperature and Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



(From the United States Climate and Crop Bulletins.) 



Week ending June 26. — The week averaged warmer than 

 usual in the Ohio, central Mississippi, and lower Missouri 

 valleys, over the interior portions of the east Gulf and 

 middle Atlantic States, and on the northern New England 

 coast. Generally throughout the Rocky Mountain and 

 Pacific coast districts, and elsewhere in local areas, the 

 week averaged cooler than usual. The precipitation in the 

 districts east of the Rocky Mountains was upon the whole 

 below the average. Very heavy local rains occurred 

 in Nebraska, central Iowa, northern Kansas, central and 

 southern Ohio and southern New England. Over the 

 greater part of the country the weather conditions were 

 highly favorable for the growth of crops. Winter wheat 

 harvest was in progress in the more northerly regions, and 

 the prospect for spring wheat continued good. Haying 

 continued under generally favorable conditions. 



Week ending July 3. — The week was generally slightly 

 cooler than usual over the greater part of the country east 

 of the Rocky Mountains, as well as in the northern Rocky 

 Mountain region and on the Pacific coast. The week 

 showed phenomenally heavy precipitation in central and 

 eastern Texas, and more than the usual amount fell over 



