is only fair at best and in many sections the yield will be 

 slight. The excess of rain has caused weeds to make a 

 heavy growth and has made the cultivation of crops difficult 

 and costly. Oats have rusted badly. In the table will be 

 found figures showing the averages of crops by counties. On 

 the last pages will be found a very useful paper on "The 

 Law of Trespass, and How it Affects the Farmer," by 

 Burton W. Potter, Esq., of Worcester. Copies of this 

 bulletin will be mailed on application. 



The Weathek. 

 The month of July was marked by frequent rains and 

 much cloudy weather. A severe thunder storm accom- 

 panied by hail passed over the eastern portion of the State 

 on the afternoon of the 17th, doing much damage to crops, 

 especially in the vicinity of Lynn, Newburyport and Ware- 

 ham. The hail stones were very large and fell in showers. 

 On the 23d another heavy thunder show r er passed over Essex 

 County, also doing much damage to crops. On the afternoon 

 of the 29th the section in the vicinity of North Wilbraham 

 was visited by a severe wind and rain storm which did con- 

 siderable damage. The rainfall at Amherst for the month 

 of July was 7.55 inches, at Monroe 8.25, at Leominster 

 8.03 and at Boston 5.80 inches. In Boston, with two 

 exceptions, it was the wettest July for nineteen years, and, 

 with three exceptions, the coolest July for the same length 

 of time. The average rainfall at Amherst for the month of 

 July for the past twenty years was 4.63 inches. Through the 

 kindness of the director of the Hatch Experiment Station of 

 the Massachusetts Agricultural College, we are enabled to 

 print the summary of the Meteorological Observatory at 

 Amherst for the month of July. 



latitude, 42° 23' 48.5" N. Longitude, 72° 31' 10" W. Height 

 of instruments above ground, 51 feet; above sea level, 260 feet. 



Pressure. — In inches. Actual Maximum Reading, 30 070 ; 

 Mean, Reduced to 32° F., 29.619; Monthly Range, 0.690. 



Air Temperature. — In Degrees F. Mean, 69.5°; High- 

 est, 84° ; Lowest, 54° ; Monthly Range, 30° ; Highest Mean 

 Daily, 75.2°; Lowest Mean Daily, 60.3°; Mean Maximum, 



