was 89.2, against 85.5 on June 1, 1908, 90.6 at the corre- 

 sponding date in 1902, and a ten-j^ear average of 89.9. 



The acreage reported as under barley exceeds that har- 

 vested last year by about 153,000 acres, or 3.1 per cent. 

 The average condition of barley was 90.5 against 91.5 on 

 June 1, 1903, 93.6 at the corresponding date in 1902, and 

 a ten-year average of S9. 



The acreage under rye shows a reduction of 6 per cent 

 from that harvested last year. The average condition of 

 rye was 86.3, against 90.6 on June 1, 1903, 88.1 at the 

 corresponding date in 1902, and 89.6, the mean of the cor- 

 responding averages of the last ten years. 



The total area planted in cotton is estimated at 31,730,371 

 acres, an increase of 2,823,016 acres, or 9.8 per cent, upon 

 the acreage planted last year. The average condition of the 

 growing crop May 26 Avas 83, as compared with 74.1 on 

 May 26, 1903, 95.1 at the corresponding date in 1902, and 

 a ten-year average of 85.8. 



In Massachusetts the acreage of oats compared with that 

 sown last year was given as 97, and the average condition 

 June 1 as 95 ; the acreage of rye as 93, and the condition 

 as 93 : the acreage of clover as 98, and the condition as 100 ; 

 the average condition of spring pasture as 99 ; the average 

 condition of apples as 95 ; and the average condition of 

 peaches as 31. 



Tejviperature axd Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



[From United States Climate and Crop Bulletins.] 



Week ending May 30. — With the exception of extreme 

 southern Florida, the week was warmer than usual in the 

 Atlantic and Gulf coast districts, and also in the Ohio valley 

 and over the greater portion of the Lake region. The week 

 averaged slightly warmer than usual over the central portion 

 of the southern Plateau region and on the middle Pacific 

 coast. Over the northern portion of the upper Mississippi 

 valley and in the Missouri and central and northern Rocky 

 Mountain districts the temperature averaged below normal. 

 Heavy rains occurred from east-central Texas northward to 

 the Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys, and also in the 

 Ohio valley and over portions of the upper Lake region and 



