The reports as to the apple crop are increasingly un- 

 favorable, and the apple-growing States in which the con- 

 ditions are at all favorable are few in number. 



In Massachusetts the average condition of corn August 1 

 is given as 9ti ; the average condition of spring rye as 96 ; 

 the average condition of barley as 98 ; the average condition 

 of oats as 93 ; the acreage of buckwheat as compared with 

 last year as 95 and the condition as 98 ; the average condi- 

 tion of potatoes as 96 ; the acreage of hay as 102 ; the 

 average condition of timothy as 113; the production of 

 clover compared with last year as 110 and the quality as 

 101 ; the average condition of pasture as 104; and the aver- 

 age condition of apples as 71. 



Teiniperature and Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



[From United States Climate and Crop Bulletins.] 



Week ending August 1. — The week was cooler than usual 

 on the immediate coast of northern California, generally 

 throughout the Missouri and Mississippi valleys, including 

 portions of the Rocky Mountain slope and the upper Lake 

 region, also slightly cooler than usual in eastern Maine. 

 The week was decidedly warmer than usual in the lower 

 Lake region, the Middle Atlantic States and over the greater 

 part of the Pacific coast and southern plateau regions. 

 Abundant rains fell over the greater portion of the Gulf 

 States, in the central Mississippi, lower Missouri and Ohio 

 valleys, and generally throughout the Middle Atlantic States 

 and lower Lake region. Elsewhere less than the usual 

 amount of rain fell, and there was a general absence of rain 

 throughout the Rocky Mountain and Pacific coast regions. 

 The week was decidedly favorable to corn. Cotton suffered 

 from excessive rains. Tobacco improved greatly in the 

 principal tobacco States. 



Week ending August 8. — The week was warmer than 

 usual on the north Pacific coast, over the Middle plateau 

 region, on the west Gulf coast, in the lower Lake region, 

 upper Ohio valley, and on the Atlantic coast northward 

 of Florida. The week averaged cooler than usual generally 

 throughout the Missouri and Mississippi valleys, eastern 



