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of New England and the lake region and over local areas of 

 limited extent elsewhere the rainfall exceeded the average. 

 The actual fall over the middle Atlantic States and southern 

 New England was very heavy, ranging from 1 to 5 inches ; 

 elsewhere the week was dry, there being extensive areas 

 where there was no appreciable rainfall. Corn generally 

 made favorable progress in the central valleys. Reports 

 concerning spring wheat were generally favorable. The 

 general outlook for tobacco was favorable, though injury 

 resulted in Maryland and southern new England from ex- 

 cessive rains. 



Week ending August 9. — Week warmer than usual 

 throughout the central valleys, the upper lake region, the 

 Gulf States and northern New England and also on the noi'th 

 Pacific coast. On the Atlantic coast the week averaged 

 slightly cooler than usual. In southern California and over 

 the central and northern Eocky Mountain region, including 

 the upper Missouri valley, the week was also cooler than 

 usual. The week was drier than usual in the west Gulf 

 States, Ohio valley, middle Atlantic States and over the 

 greater portion of New England and the lake region. More 

 than the average amount of rain fell over the eastern Rocky 

 Mountain slope, portions of the upper Missouri and upper 

 Mississippi valleys, over central Arkansas and portions of 

 the South Atlantic and east Gulf States, the lake region and 

 southern New England. Corn continued to make favorable 

 progress in the principal States. The week was not favorable 

 to cotton, as a whole. Tobacco was generally doing well 

 except in New England, where there was too much rain. 



Week ending August 16. — The week was cooler than 

 usual in the central valleys, over portions of the middle 

 Rocky Mountain and plateau regions, in southern California 

 and in portions of the middle Atlantic States and southern 

 New England. The week was slightly warmer than usual 

 in the south Atlantic and west Gulf States, in the central 

 and northern Pacific coast districts, the lake region and in 

 portions of the middle Atlantic States and southern New 

 England. More than the average amount of rain fell over 

 an area extending from central and western Texas northward 

 to southern Nebraska, also over the extreme northern dis- 



