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limited areas elsewhere, including southern New England. 

 The lower Missouri, central and lower Mississippi and Ohio 

 valleys, the middle Atlantic States, and northern New Eng- 

 land received much less than the usual amount of rain. 

 Corn made very favorable progress in the principal corn 

 States. Harvesting of late winter wheat continued under 

 favorable conditions, and the outlook for spring wheat was 

 promising. 



Week ending July 10. — Nearly normal temperature con- 

 ditions prevailed in the southern States. On the central 

 Rocky Mountain slope, over portions of the central valleys, 

 Lake region, middle and south Atlantic States the week aver- 

 aged slightly cooler than usual. Over the plateau regions, 

 New England and the northern portion of the middle Atlan- 

 tic States the week averaged warmer than usual. Very 

 heavy rains fell in the lower Missouri and central Missis- 

 sippi valleys, and over portions of the upper Lake region 

 and Atlantic coast States. From Michigan southward over 

 the central Ohio valley and Tennessee, and over the greater 

 part of the Gulf States the rainfall was less than average. 

 The weather conditions were for the most part favorable for 

 farming operations and crop growth in districts east of the 

 Rocky Mountains. The week was favorable for corn, and 

 winter wheat harvest was generally finished. Cotton gen- 

 erally made good progress, as did tobacco in the middle 

 Atlantic States, and New England. 



Week ending July 17. — The week averaged slightly 

 warmer than usual in southern New England, over the 

 interior portions of the south Atlantic and east Gulf States, 

 and in the lower Ohio and central Mississippi valleys. The 

 week was decidedly warmer than usual over the northern 

 plateau region and on the north Pacific coast. The week 

 averaged cooler than usual in the Lake region and over 

 portions of the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys, 

 in the west Gulf States, and over the middle and southern 

 Rocky Mountain slope. There was more than the average 

 amount of precipitation over the middle Rocky Mountain 

 slope and over portions of the lower Missouri and upper 

 Mississippi valleys. Much the greater part of the country 



