cline from the highest prices reached in August, the gen- 

 eral tenor of the information gleaned from all available 

 sources is not of a character to warrant either the expecta- 

 tion or the fear of any material cheapening of wheat until 

 another crop is in sight, with a prospect of ampler stocks." 

 In Massachusetts the average condition of corn September 

 1 is given as 73 ; the average condition of rye when har- 

 vested as 91 ; the average condition of oats when harvested 

 as 80 ; the average condition of barley when harvested as 



92 ; the average condition of buckwheat Sept. 1 as 80 ; the 

 average condition of potatoes as 64 ; the average condition 

 of apples as 45 ; the average condition of peaches as 62 ; 

 the average condition of grapes as 73 ; the number of stock 

 hogs fattening, as compared with last year, as 88 ; the 

 average condition of stock hogs as to weight and size as 



93 ; and the average condition of tobacco as 67. 



Temperature and Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



[From United States Weather-Crop Bulletins.] 



Week ending August 30. — Week slightly cooler than 

 usual in northern New England, the upper Ohio valley, 

 generally throughout the Lake region, the northern portion 

 of the upper Mississippi valley and the Red River valley of 

 the north. Throughout the Rocky Mountain region, the 

 lower Missouri, central Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys, 

 and generally throughout the Gulf and Atlantic coast States, 

 the week was warmer than usual. The week was, on the 

 whole, the driest since the beginning of the crop season of 

 1897. There was, however, a slight excess of rainfall in 

 extreme southern sections, over areas of limited extent in 

 the Lake region, and along the Atlantic coast from Mary- 

 land to southern New England. Elsewhere the rainfall was 

 very slight or entirely lacking. In the Lake region and 

 New England the week was too cool and in the States of the 

 central valleys too dry for best results. 



Week ending September 6. — Week slightly cooler than 

 usual in the lower Lake region. New England and over the 

 northern portion of the Middle Atlantic States. The week 



