followed by a severe winter, especially where there was a 

 deficiency of protection from snow. To the same cause is 

 largely due the lowness of condition, though spring frosts, 

 protracted cold weather and recent drought have also con- 

 tributed to the same result. 



The general average condition of spring pastures is 88.1, 

 a reduction of 1.6 points since May 1. It is in fact the low- 

 est figure recorded in a number of years. In the States 

 along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts the average is generall}'^ 

 high, the lowest averages being found chiefly in the States 

 bordering on the great lakes, in those of the Ohio valley, and 

 in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma. 

 Drought, frosts, and in some localities ravages of cut worms 

 and other insects, are among the most prevalent causes of 

 reduced condition. 



The general condition of apples June 1 is higher than on 

 the same date in 1894, although in many of the Northern 

 States the percentages are low. The frosts of May have 

 done much damage, although, as is usually the case, orchards 

 in favored situations, even in districts suffering most, have 

 apparently escaped injury. 



The first report of the season relative to the condition of 

 the peach crop is decidedly more favorable than that received 

 in June, 1894. But two States of primary importance have 

 a low condition, namely, Ohio, 22 per cent, and Michigan, 

 50 per cent, while Maryland is the only remaining State with 

 a percentage less than 70, the condition there being 6.3. 



The average acreage of cotton for the United States is 

 85.2, a reduction of 14.8 per cent upon the revised acreage 

 for 1894, given out in May. The general average condition 

 for the country is 81. 



Temperature and Eainfall for the Whole Country. 



From United States V^^'eather-Crop Bulletins. 



Week ending June 3. — Week remarkably warm over the 

 central and eastern portions of the country, and decidedly 

 cool over the Rocky Mountain and plateau regions and on 

 the Pacific coast. Week slightly cooler than usual on the 

 Texas coast. From the Gulf coast northward over the east- 



