The condition of clover in almost .ill the principal clover 

 States falls considerably below the ten-year average. 



In Massachusetts the acreage of rye as compared with 

 last year is giveo as 95, and the average condition June 1 

 as 94 ; the acreage of oats as 101, and the condition as 90 ; 

 the acreage of barley as 98, and the condition as 84; the 

 acreage of clover as 101, and the condition as 93 ; the aver- 

 age condition of spring pasture as 92 ; the average condi- 

 tion of apples as 102 ; and the average condition of peaches 

 as 72. 



Temperature and Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



[From United States Climate and Crop Bulletins.] 



Week ending May 28. — In the middle and north Pacific 

 coast regions and generally throughout the Gulf and Atlantic 

 coast districts the week was cooler than the average. Over 

 the central and southern Plateau regions, including southern 

 California, and from the northern Rocky Mountain region 

 eastward over the central valleys and the Lake region, the 

 week averaged warmer than usual, the most marked excess 

 occurring in the upper Missouri valley and the upper Lake 

 region. More than the usual amount of rain fell on the 

 north Pacific coast, over portions of central and western 

 Texas, Florida, the northern portions of the east Gulf and 

 South Atlantic States, the middle Atlantic coast, central 

 Kansas and local areas in eastern Nebraska, northern Illinois, 

 southern portions of Wisconsin and Michigan and central 

 Indiana. Over much the greater portion of the country, 

 however, the weekly precipitation was below the average. 



Week ending June 4. — The week, as a whole, was 

 warmer than usual, only comparatively limited areas show- 

 ing temperatures below the normal. It was decidedly warm 

 in the central Rocky Mountain region, Missouri valley, and in 

 northern New England. In the Southern States and generally 

 to the east of the Mississippi except in northern New Eng- 

 land, the temperature differed but slightly from the normal 

 although generally in excess. On the south Atlantic and 

 central Gulf coasts, in portions of the Ohio valley and upper 

 Lake region, over western Texas and on the central Pacific 

 coast, average daily temperatures were slightly below the 



