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vested as 100 ; the average condition of barley when harvested 

 as TOO ; the average condition of buckwheat September 1 as 

 96 ; the average condition of potatoes as 81 ; the average 

 condition of apples as 101 ; the average condition of peaches 

 as 45 ; the average condition of grapes as 90 ; the number 

 of stock hogs fottening as compared with last year as 96 ; the 

 average condition of stock hogs as to weight and size as 100 ; 

 and the average condition of tobacco as 113. 



Temperature and Eainfall for the Whole Country. 



From United States Weather-Ckop Bulletins. 



Week ending August 31. — Week cooler than usual in the 

 Lake region, the Ohio, Mississippi and lower Missouri val- 

 leys, and generally throughout the Atlantic coast States. 

 Week also slightly cooler than usual in central and portions 

 of southern California. Along the Gulf coast, over the 

 southern Rocky Mountains and middle plateau regions and 

 on the north Pacific coast the temperature was generally 

 slightly above the normal. It was also warmer than usual 

 over the central Rocky Mountain slope and over the northern 

 plateau region. The week was dryer than usual in all dis- 

 tricts east of the Rocky Mountains, with the exception of 

 portions of the south Atlantic and east Gulf States, and local 

 areas of limited extent elsewhere. In the lower Ohio, cen- 

 tral and upper Mississippi valleys and overmuch of the Lake 

 region, the Middle Atlantic States and the Missouri valley 

 there was no appreciable rainfall. On the south Atlantic 

 coast the rainfall was very heavy, and it was generally heavier 

 than usual on the Pacific coast. The week has been very 

 favorable for farm work, especially thrashing, and ploughing 

 for fall seeding has progressed favorably. Cotton picking 

 has made rapid progress. Much corn has been cut and the 

 late crop is generally maturing rapidly. In Tennessee, 

 Indiana and Pennsylvania the bulk of the tobacco crop has 

 been housed and cutting is progressing rapidly fiirther north. 



Week ending September 7. — The week was cooler than 

 usual over the northern districts, from the Missouri valley 

 eastward to the Middle Atlantic and New England coasts. 

 It was also slightly cooler than usual along the immediate 



