on Aug. 1, 1908, and a ten-year average on August 1 of 

 approximately 87. 



In Massachusetts the average condition of corn was 88 ; 

 the average condition of oats, 71 ; the average condition of 

 barley, 93 ; the average condition of rye, 93 ; the average 

 condition of buckwheat, 93 ; the average condition of hay, 

 86 ; the average condition of timothy, 87 ; the average con- 

 dition of clover hay, 79 ; the average condition of pastures, 

 75 ; the average condition of tobacco, 85 ; the average con- 

 dition of potatoes, 85 ; the average condition of apples, 60 ; 

 the average condition of peaches, 70 ; the average condition 

 of grapes, 88 ; the average condition of pears, 68 ; the aver- 

 age condition of tomatoes, 88 ; the average condition of cab- 

 bages, 92; the average condition of onions, 85; the average 

 condition of watermelons, 79 ; the average condition of 

 cantaloupes, 86 ; the average condition of Canadian peas, 

 87; the production of blackberries, compared with a full 

 crop, 88 ; the production of raspberries, compared with a 

 full crop, 85 ; the average condition of beans, 87 ; the average 

 condition of Lima beans, 90. 



Temperature and Rainfall for tiie Whole Country. 



[From United States National Weekly Weather Bulletin.] 



Week ending August 9. — The week was uniformly warm 

 in the great interior valleys, the temperature increasing some- 

 what as the week advanced, until near the close it was de- 

 cidedly above normal, especially from the Mississippi valley 

 eastward. The weather was generally cool in the districts 

 west of the Rocky Mountains, with daily deficiencies from 

 3° to 6° in northerly portions. Over the eastern portions 

 of the Great Plains and in the middle and upper Mississippi 

 valley, Lake region and northern ISTew England the mean 

 temperature ranged from 4° to 7° above the normal. The 

 precipitation during the week occurred mostly in the form 

 of showers, occurring at widely scattered points and at irreg- 

 ular intervals. From Oklahoma northeastward over the 

 middle Mississippi valley, Lake region, Ohio valley and the 

 interior of the jSTorth Atlantic States from Maryland to 

 New England the precipitation was very light, except at a 



