moisture generally needed ; crops in good condition ; corn 

 silking ; rye harvested, good yield ; barley harvest begun ; 

 oats being cut for fodder ; i)otatoes generally good, but 

 some blight ; haying about completed, good crop ; tobacco 

 promising; apples poor ; other fruits plentiful. 



Week ending August 7. — New England. Boston: 

 Weather favorable for crops and harvesting ; corn greatly 

 improved and promising- ; oat and barley harvest well 

 advanced ; rye harvested, good yields ; potatoes and all 

 garden vegetables show marked improvement and promise 

 well ; tobacco topped and cutting begun, plants of good 

 color : apples poor, other fruits plentiful ; haying com- 

 pleted ; pastures generally revived. 



Week eliding August 14. — New England. Boston: 

 Weather favorable ; ample moisture, except in northern 

 portion ; corn developing rapidly ; oats and barley good 

 crops and nearly all harvested ; second growth of grass and 

 late sown fodder greatly improved ; pastures revived, and 

 promising ample fjill feed ; garden truck plentiful ; pota- 

 toes fine crop generally ; tobacco very good, cutting well 

 advanced ; berries alnindant ; pears and peaches fair ; winter 

 apples scarce. 



Week ending August 21. — New England. Boston: 

 Weather too cool for maturing crops ; ample rainfall ; corn 

 made slow progress ; barley harvest completed, yield good : 

 oat and wheat harvest well advanced, excellent results : 

 buckwheat making good growth ; garden truck being mar- 

 keted in large quantities ; potatoes rusting, but no rot 

 reported: fruit, except apples, good crop; tobacco outlook 

 best in ^''ears, cutting well advanced. 



The Weather for August, 1905. 

 The month opened cloudy and cool, with local showers 

 and thunderstorms, which continued through the 2d. The 

 rainfall, however, was generally in light amounts, of less 

 than .1 inch. Following the 2d there was nearly a week 

 of fair weather, with generally clear skies and much sun- 

 shine ; the temperature also ranged higher, rising to maxima 

 of 80^ to 87° during the day. These conditions prevailed 

 until the 8th, when the weather became unsettled and partly 



