The preliminaiy estimate of the average yield per acre of 

 spring wheat is 12.7, and the average quality 75.7, as com- 

 pared Avith 85.5 in 1903. 



The preliminary returns indicate an average yield of 32.1 

 bushels of oats per acre, as compared with 28.4 bushels a 

 year ago, 34.5 in 1902, and a ten-year average of 28.2. 



The preliminary estimate of the yield per acre of barley 

 was 27.2 bushels, against 26. 4 a year ago, 29 in 1902, and 

 a ten-3^ear average of 24.3. 



The preliminary estimate of the yield per acre of rye was 

 15.2 bushels, against 15.4 last year, 17 in 1902, and a ten- 

 year average of 15. 



The average condition of buckwheat on October 1 was 

 88.7, as compared with 91.5 a month earlier, 83 in 1903, 

 80.5 in 1902, and a ten-year average of 80.7. 



The average condition of tobacco was 85.6, as compared 

 with 83.7 a month earlier, 82.3 in 1903, and a five-year 

 average of 78.9. 



The average condition of potatoes was 89.5, as compared 

 with 91.6 a month earlier, 74.6 in 1903, 82.5 in 1902, and 

 a ten-year average of 73.5. 



In Massachusetts the average condition of corn October 1 

 was 90 ; the average yield of oats 34, and the quality 92 ; 

 the average yield of rye 17, and the quality 94 ; the average 

 condition of buckwheat 94 : the average condition of tobacco 

 100 ; the average condition of })otatoes 89 ; the average con- 

 dition of apples 83 ; and the average condition of grapes 79. 



Massachusetts Weather, 1904. 



(Compiled from data furnished by the New England Weather Service.) 



The weather of January was unusually severe, with cold 

 waves of marked intensit}^ heavy and frequent storms, gales 

 of great force, and snowfall of unusual depth. The monthly 

 mean tem})erature was decidedly below the normal, being 8° 

 below in interior portions of the State. The total snowfall 

 for the month ranged from 4 inches on the coast to about 50 

 inches in some interior sections. As a whole January may 

 be considered one of the most severe months of the last 

 centurv. 



