June 1 was 92.9, against 89.2 at the corresponding date 

 last year, 85.5 in 1903, and a ten-year average of 90.1. 



The acreage reported as under barley is less than that 

 sown last year by about 172,000 acres, or 3.4 per cent. 

 The average condition of barley was 93.7, against 90.5 on 

 June 1, 1904, 91.5 at the corresponding date in 1903, and 

 a ten-year average of 89.9. 



The acreage under spring rye shows a reduction of 3.8 per 

 cent from that sown last year. The average condition of 

 rye was 93.6, against 86.3 June 1, 1904, 90.6 in 1903, and 

 88.9, the mean of the corresponding averages of the last ten 

 years. 



The total area planted in cotton is estimated to be about 

 28,120,000 acres, a decrease of about 3,610,000 acres, or 

 11.4 per cent, from the total acreage planted last year. The 

 average condition of the growing crop May 25 was 77.2, as 

 compared with 83 on May 26, 1904, 74.1 at the correspond- 

 ing date in 1903, and a ten-year average of 85.3. 



In Massachusetts the acreage of oats compared with that 

 sown last year was given as 96, and the average condition 

 June 1 as 88 ; the acreage of rye as 98, and the condition 

 as 95 ; the acreage of clover as 97, and the condition as 81 ; 

 the average condition of spring pasture as 78 ; the average 

 condition of apples as 87 ; and the average condition of 

 peaches as 88. 



Temperature and Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



[From United States Climate and Crop Bulletins.] 



Week ending May 29. — The week was warmer than usual 

 in New England, the northern portion of the Middle Atlantic 

 States, Florida, the lower Ohio valley and in the central and 

 west Gulf States. Throughout the Pacific coast and Plateau 

 districts, the Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys, and over 

 most of the Lake region, the temperature was consideral^ly 

 below the normal. Over an area extending from northern 

 Texas to South Dakota, including portions of Missouri and 

 Wisconsin and the greater part of Iowa, the precipitation 

 was excessively heavy. The rainfall over the South Atlantic 

 and east Gulf States was also in excess of the average. In 



