The average condition of barley was 91.5, against 93.7 a 

 month earlier, 88.5 in 1904, 86.8 the previous year, and a 

 ten-year average of 88.3. 



The average condition of winter rye was 92.7, as com- 

 pared with SS on July 1, 1904, 90.2 at the corresponding 

 date in 1903, and a ten-j^ear average of 89.1. The average 

 condition of spring rye on July 1 was 93, as compared wdth 

 90.8 in 1904, 88.3 in 1903, and a ten-year avei-age of 88.4. 



The acreage of rice is less than that of last year by about 

 172,000 acres, or 2(3 per cent; and the condition on July 1 

 was 88, against 88.2 a year ago. 



The acreage of flax is greater than that of last year by 

 about 128,800 acres, or 6.7 per cent; and the condition on 

 July 1 w^as 92.7. 



The acreage of potatoes, excluding sweet potatoes, is less 

 than that of last year by 19,000 acres, or .6 per cent. The 

 average condition was 91.2, as compared with 93.9 in 1904, 

 88.1 in 1903, and a ten-year average of 92.1. 



The acreage of tobacco is less than that of last year by 

 about 54,000 acres, or 6.7 per cent. The average condition 

 on Jul}^ 1 was 87.4, against 85.3 a year ago. 



In Massachusetts the acreage of corn compared with that 

 of last year is 101, and the average condition July 1 was 92 ; 

 the average condition of oats was 98 ; the average condition 

 of spring rye, 97 ; the acreage of potatoes, 99, and the 

 average condition, 92 ; the acreage of tobacco, 101, and the 

 average condition, 92 ; the average condition of clover, 93 : 

 the average condition of timothy, S6 ; the average condition 

 of pasture, 91; the average condition of apples, 78; the 

 average condition of peaches, 86 ; the average condition of 

 grapes, 80. 



Temperature and Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



[From United States Weather-crop Bulletins.] 



Week ending July 3. — The week was cooler than usual 

 in all parts of the country, with the exception of the east 

 Gulf States and portions of the south-eastern Rocky Moun- 

 tain slope and southern Plateau region. The rainfall of the 

 week was excessively heavy in the States of the Missouri 



