Taking the States in which peaches are a commercial crop, 

 together with those in which the production is small, or not 

 more than sufficient for the local demand, there is probably 

 about two-thirds of a full crop. Georgia, the principal 

 peach-producing State in the Union, reports a condition of 

 108. 



The condition of the grape crop is in the main very satis- 

 factory. If no exceptionally fovorable conditions are re- 

 ported from the States that furnish the main supply of the 

 country, on the other hand, there are no notably unfavorable 

 conditions. 



The number of hogs for fattening shows a decrease of 

 6.5 per cent from that of last year. As regards condition, 

 the reports are in the main very favorable, the general 

 average being 96.1, as compared with 93.5 on Sept. 1, 

 1897, 94.5 at the corresponding date in 1896, and 94.3 the 

 mean of the September averages of the last ten years. 



In Massachusetts the average condition of corn September 

 1 is given as 97 ; the average condition of rye when harvested 

 as 97 ; the average condition of oats when harvested as 88 ; 

 the average condition of barley when harvested as 91 ; the 

 average condition of buckwheat as 98 ; the average condition 

 of potatoes as 86 ; the average condition of apples as 56 ; the 

 average condition of peaches as 48 ; the average condition 

 of grapes as 79 ; the average condition of tobacco as 103 ; 

 the number of stock hogs compared with last year as 97, 

 and their average condition as to size and weight as 99. 



"&' 



Tejniperature and Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



[From United States Climate and Crop Bulletins.] 



Week ending August 29. — The week was warmer than 

 usual throughout the country, with the exception of small 

 areas in the east Gulf States, upper Lake region, central 

 California and southwest Arizona, where it was slightly 

 cooler than usual. The maximum temperatures of the week 

 were generally slightly higher than usual throughout the 

 central portions of the country, in the Rocky Mountain 

 region and in the North Pacific States. No unusually low 

 minimum temperatures were recorded. More than the usual 



