The highest condition reported for sugar cane, 9fi, is found 

 in Georgia ; the lowest, 80, in Texas. The September 

 conditions hist year ranged from 89 in Texas to 100 in 

 Louisiana. 



Kice shows a marked improvement in condition, the gen- 

 eral average having advanced 10 points during August and 

 now stands at 94.5. 



The number of stock hogs for fattening; shows a decrease 

 of 7.4 per cent as compared with last 3'ear. Principal cause 

 for decrease, scarcity of feed. 



In Massachusetts the average condition of corn September 

 1 is given as 105 ; the average condition of rye when har- 

 vested as 96 ; the average condition of oats when harvested 

 as 106 ; the average condition of barley when harvested as 

 100; the average condition of buckwheat September 1 as 

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

 condition of tobacco as 114 ; the average condition of apples 

 as 56 ; the average condition of peaches as 90 ; the average 

 condition of grapes as 86 ; the number of stock hogs fatten- 

 ing as compared with last year as 97 ; the average condition 

 of stock hogs as to weight and size as 101. 



Temperature and Eainfall for the AYhole Country. 



From United States Weather-Crop Btilletins. 



Week ending September 2. — Week warmer than usual 

 throughout the Mississippi and Missouri valleys and thence 

 eastward to the Atlantic coast, except over northern New 

 England and limited areas in the upper Lake region. Over 

 the western portion of the plateau region and on the Pacific 

 coast week decidedly cooler than usual. Elsewhere the 

 daily temperature differed but slightly from the normal. 

 From central and southern Texas northward over Kansas 

 and southern Nebraska, and thence eastward over limited 

 areas as far as southern New England, the weekly rainfall 

 exceeded the average. More than an average also fell 

 along the south Atlantic coast. Elsewhere the rainfall 

 was below average, and over a considerable portion of the 

 Lake region no appreciable amount of rain fell. Week 

 generally favorable for maturing and securing crops and for 

 ploughing and seeding. Late corn generally improved and 



