very unfavorably with the condition one year ago, which 

 was 104. The same is substantially true of the entire group 

 of States reporting upon this product, in not one of which, 

 moreover, was the condition on August 1 up to the ten-year 

 average. 



There are but few States from which the reports as to the 

 apple crop are not even more unfavorable than they were 

 last month. Taking the States having 3,000,000, or upward, 

 apple trees in bearing at the last census, there was a further 

 decline during July of 7 points in New York and Tennessee, 

 3 points in Pennsylvania and Kentucky, 4 in Missouri, 

 North Carolina and Maine, and 6 in Iowa. 



In Massachusetts the average condition of corn is 97 ; 

 average condition of spring rye, 90 ; average condition of 

 oats, 96 ; average condition of barley, 91 ; acreage of buck- 

 wheat, as compared with last year, 98, and average condition, 

 99 ; average condition of tobacco, 88 ; average condition of 

 potatoes, 92 ; acreage of hay, as compared with last year, 98, 

 and average condition of timothy, 77 ; production of clover, 

 as compared with a full crop, 64, and average quality, 100 

 standing for high, 92 ; average condition of pasture, 76, and 

 the average condition of apples, 42. 



Temperature and Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



[From the United States Climate and Crop Bl t lletins.] 



Week ending July 31. — The week averaged about 3° 

 warmer than usual throughout the Southern States, in the 

 Atlantic coast districts, and in the Lake region, and was from 

 3° to 5° warmer on the north Pacific coast. The weather 

 was cooler than usual over the greater part of California, 

 throughout the Missouri valley, and in portions of the upper 

 Mississippi valley. Very heavy rains fell over a large por- 

 tion of the middle, south Atlantic, and east Gulf States. 

 Heavy rains also occurred over local areas in other parts of 

 the country. No rain fell on the Pacific coast except on the 

 immediate coast of northern Washington. 



Week ending August 7. — Week warmer than usual in 

 nearly all districts east of the Mississippi River, and from 

 Missouri and Kansas southward to the Gulf coast and Rio 



