There are few localities where the reports on apples do 

 not show a further decline, and even where the crops are 

 otherwise ftivorable the fruit is generally undersized and in 

 many cases of inferior quality. 



The average condition of sugar cane in Louisiana is 84 

 and in Florida the high condition of 95 is reported. 



While sorghum has suffered from the long-continued 

 drought, the reports are in the main favorable. 



The Louisiana rice crop averages 83 points, and high per- 

 centages are reported from the other rice-producing States. 



In Massachusetts the average yield of rye per acre is 

 given as 19.5 bushels; the average yield of oats as 34; the 

 average yield of barley as 34.5 ; the average condition of 

 buckwheat, October 1, as 85 ; the average condition of corn 

 as 78 ; the average condition of potatoes as 56 ; the average 

 condition of tobacco as 85 ; and the average condition of 

 apples as 32. 



Temperature and Eainfall for the Whole Country. 



[From United States Weather-Crop Bulletins.] 



Week ending /September 28. — Week cooler than usual 

 in the lower lake region, upper Ohio valley, eastern Tennes- 

 see and in the Gulf and Atlantic coast States. The week 

 was warmer than usual over the western portion of the upper 

 lake region, in the lower Ohio valley, and, with the excep- 

 tion of the w^est Gulf States, in all districts west of the Mis- 

 sissippi River. The week was practically rainless overmuch 

 of the northern part of the country. With the exception of 

 light showers over limited areas on the north Pacific coast 

 and over portions of the southern plateau region, the terri- 

 tory west of the Mississippi River was practically without 

 rain. On the south Atlantic coast and in portions of the 

 New England and middle Atlantic States, however, the rain- 

 fall exceeded the average. The week was exceptionally dry 

 and on the whole very favorable for maturing and gathering 

 crops. It was, however, very unfavorable to the germina- 

 tion of sown grain, as well as for fallowing and seeding, 

 which is much delayed generally throughout the western 

 and central States. 



