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Week ending August 8. — New England. Boston: 

 Weather favorable for crop growth, but unfavorable for 

 harvesting ; rain greatly needed in Maine and parts of New 

 Hampshire ; corn and small grain good ; rj^e secured : oats 

 being harvested ; hay good, much still outstanding : apples 

 average or above, making good growth ; berries abundant, 

 other fruit uneven ; potatoes promising ; gardens and truck 

 abundant; tobacco very good, topping about finished, cut- 

 ting will begin in ten days. 



Week ending August 15. — New England. Boston : 

 Weather favorable for growth, but unfavorable for harvest- 

 ing ; rain needed in some northern sections ; much hay yet 

 uncut in north, crop generally large and quality good ; corn 

 small, grain good ; potatoes very good, also other vege- 

 tables, except onions, which are much below average ; apples 

 good, except in parts of Rhode Island and Connecticut, less 

 dropping reported ; pears, plums and peaches uneven : ber- 

 ries plentiful ; excellent outlook for tobacco. 



Week ending August 22. — New England. Boston : 

 Weather favorable for crop growth and harvesting ; corn 

 good ; oats, rye and grass harvested, good crops : buck- 

 wheat in good condition ; high winds damaged apples some- 

 what, but crop will be good and of excellent quality ; other 

 fruits uneven and below average ; potatoes and vine crops 

 good ; tobacco excellent, cutting progressing well. 



Weatiiek of August, 1904. 

 The month o})ened with several days of warm, showery 

 weather with muggy, oppressive atmosphere, the conditions 

 that are frequently experienced during August, popularly 

 known as " dog-day " weather. A week of cool weather, 

 with scattered showers followed, prevailing from the 8th to 

 the 14th, during which the da}^ temperatures rose but little 

 above the 80s and the minima fell to the oOs. During the 

 remainder of the month the weather was marked by periods 

 of a few warm days, with temperatures near the seasonal 

 alternating with like periods of cool weather with the mer- 

 cury considerably below the average. The general outcome 

 as regards the temperature was a monthly mean considerably 



