The decrease in the number of stock hogs being fattened, 

 as compared with the number one year ago, was too mani- 

 fest to l)u a matter of doubt, except as to its exact extent. 



The average condition of cotton was (58.2, as compared 

 with 76 a month previous, 68.5 last year, 79.8 in 1898, and 

 7(5.6, the mean of the September averages for the last ten 

 years. 



In Massachusetts the condition of corn September 1 was 

 given as 94; the average condition of rye when harvested 

 as 92 ; the average condition of oats when harvested as 96 ; 

 the average condition of barley when harvested as 90 ; the 

 average condition of buckwheat as 89 ; the average condition 

 of potatoes as 72 ; the average condition of sorghum as 95 ; 

 the average condition of apples as 85 ; the product of peaches 

 compared with a full crop as 69 ; the average condition of 

 grapes as 89 ; the average condition of tobacco as 103 ; the 

 number of stock hogs compared with last year as 97, and 

 their condition as to size and weight as 99 ; the acreage of 

 clover seed compared with last year as 100, and the condi- 

 tion of the crop as 75. 



Temperature and Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



[From the United States Climate and Crop Bulletins.] 



Week ending September 3. — The week was warmer than 

 usual throughout the entire country, with the exception of a 

 belt extending from eastern Washington southward to south- 

 ern California, where there was a slight delicieucy. There 

 was a deficiency in precipitation generally throughout New 

 England, the Middle Atlantic States, the Ohio valley, in the 

 northwest from Wisconsin westward to the Pacific coast, and 

 in portions of the South Atlantic and Gulf States. From 

 the upper Lake region south-westward to Texas and in por- 

 tions of the South Atlantic and Gulf States there has been 

 an excess. 



Week ending September 10. — The week was much warmer 

 than usual east of the Rocky Mountains, the Middle States 

 and the Missouri valley showing the greatest excess of tem- 

 perature. In California, Nevada and Oregon the week was 

 cooler than usual. There was more than the usual amount 



