The average condition of winter rye was 89.6, as com- 

 pared with 83.3 on July 1 of last year, and a ten-year aver- 

 age of 89.5. The average condition of spring rye was 69.7, 

 as compared with 89.7 on July 1 of last year, and a ten-year 

 average of 89.8. 



There is an indicated increase of some 30,000 acres, or 

 1.2 per cent, in the acreage of potatoes. The average condi- 

 tion was 91.3, as compared with 93.8 on July I of last year, 

 and a ten-year average of 93.2. 



The average condition of sweet potatoes was highly favor- 

 able. 



Reports on timothy and clover were exceedingly unfavor- 

 able, there being few States which did not report a condition 

 considerably below the ten-year average. 



Though the condition of apples declined from that of June 

 1, there was still the promise of an exceptionally large crop. 

 The condition of peaches was such as to give promise of a 

 phenomenally large crop, and the average condition of grapes 

 was considerably above the ten-year average. 



The average condition of cotton was 75.8, as compared 

 with 82.5 the previous month, 87.8 on July 1 of last year, 

 and a ten-year average of 87.9. 



In Massachusetts the acreage of corn as compared with 

 last year was 101, and the average condition July 1, 90; the 

 average condition of oats, 98 ; the average condition of 

 barley, 90 ; the average condition of spring rye, 96 ; the 

 acreage of potatoes, 102, and the average condition, 95 ; 

 the average condition of tobacco, 95 ; the average condition 

 of clover, 84 ; the average condition of timothy, 84 ; the 

 average condition of pasture, 84 ; the average condition of 

 apples, 89 ; and the average condition of grapes, 92. 



Temperature and Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



[Fiiom the United States Climate and Crop Bulletins.] 



Week ending July 2. — The week averaged slightly 

 cooler than usual in the central Gulf States and over the 

 extreme northern portion of the country, from the Lake 

 region to the Pacific coast. In California, southern Texas, 

 the Ohio and central Mississippi valleys and northern New 

 England nearly normal temperature conditions prevailed. 



