previous, and 88.5, the mean of the May averages of the 

 last ten years. 



The average condition of meadow mowing lands was 93.3, 

 against 85 on May 1, 1904, 92.8 the year previous, and 90, 

 the mean of the May averages of the last ten years. 



The average condition of spring pastures was 92.3, against 

 80.5 on May 1, 1904, 92 the previous year, and 89.1, the 

 mean of the May averages of the last ten years. 



Of the total area of spring plowing contemplated, 71.5 is 

 reported as actually done Ma}^ 1, as compared with 57.3 per 

 ceiat on May 1, 1903, and a ten-year average of 67.7. 



In Massachusetts the average condition of meadow mow- 

 ing lands was given as 91, the average condition of spring 

 pasture as 87, and the proportion of spring plowing actually 

 done as 36. 



Weather Summary, Jan. 1 to May 1, 1905. 



[Furnished by Weather Bureau, Boston.] 



The weather of January was of the midwinter type, some- 

 what intensified, particularly with regai'd to temperature, 

 the monthly mean ranging several degrees below the January 

 normal in all sections. The cold weather was also continu- 

 ous, there being an absence of the " January thaw," or mild 

 period usual at this season. Ice-bound harl^ors caused more 

 or less delay and much inconvenience to shipping. The 

 precipitation, mostly snow, did not depart greatly from the 

 monthly average, but the snow was badly drifted, thus im- 

 peding railroad and street car traffic. The most severe of 

 the storms occurred on the 3d-4th, 6th-7th and 24th-25th, 

 the last named being of unusual severity, on account of the 

 very low temperature and winds of hurricane force that 

 attended it. 



February was a cold month, with a marked prevalence of 

 fair weather. The temperature was uniformly low through 

 the period and in all sections, and the monthly mean, 19.8°, 

 one of the lowest for February of oflicial record. The pre- 

 cipitation, averaging for the entire State 1.67 inches, was 

 much below the monthl}^ normal, and mostly in the form of 

 snow ; but owing to the low temperature, the ground was 



