month earlier, 88.1 in 1904, 83.4 in 1903, and a ten-year 

 average of 85.1. 



The average condition of spring rye on August 1 was 

 92.6, as compared with 93 a month earlier, 91.8 in 1904, 

 87.2 in 1903, and a ten-year average of 87.4. 



The acreage of buck^vheat is less than that of last year by 

 about 32,200 acres, or 4.1 per cent. The average condition 

 of the crop August 1 was 92.6, as compared with 92.8 in 

 1904, 93.9 in 1903, and a ten-year average of 91.4. 



The average condition of flax was 96.7, as compared with 

 92.7 a month earlier and 78.9 in 1904. 



The average condition of tobacco was 84.1, as compared 

 with 87.4 a month earlier, 83.9 in 1904, and a five-year 

 average of 82.9. 



The average condition of potatoes was 87.2, as compared 

 with 91.2 a month earlier, 94.1 in 1904, 87.2 in 1903, and 

 a ten-year average of 8(].6. 



Preliminar}' returns indicate a decrease of 1.6 per cent in 

 the hay acreage. The average condition of timothy hay on 

 August 1 was 90.2, as compared with 94 in 1904, 92.2 in 

 1903, and a nine-year average of 87.1. Reports as to the 

 production of clover are, on the whole, favorable, and the 

 quality of the crop is indicated as of high medium grade. 



The average condition of pasture was 96.1, as compared 

 with 97 a month earlier, 95.5 in 1904, 94.9 in 1903, and an 

 eight-year average of 88.2. 



The average condition of rice was 92.9, as compared 

 with 88 a month earlier and 90.2 in 1904. 



The condition of cotton on July 25 was 74.9, as com- 

 pared with 77 a month earlier, 91.6 in 1904, 79.7 in 1903, 

 and a ten-year average of 82.6. 



In Massachusetts the average condition of corn was 93 ; 

 the average condition of oats 97, and the proportion of the 

 crop of 1904 still in farmers' hands 4 per cent ; the aver- 

 age condition of spring rye 97 ; the acreage of buckwheat 

 as compared with last year 96, and the average condition 

 95 ; the average condition of tobacco 88 ; the average con- 

 dition of potatoes 87 ; the acreage of hay compared with 

 last year 99 ; the average condition of timothy hay 88 ; the 

 production of clover as compared with a full crop 88 ; and 



