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on August 1, dulv weighted, by States, on the basis of 100 

 representing average conditions (for most crops the ten-year 

 average), is as follows: — 



Maine, 104.1; ISTew Hampshire, 109.3; Vermont, 105.9; 

 Massachusetts, 100.3; Rhode Island, 91.3; Connecticut, 

 94.2; New York, 98.4; ]N"ew Jersey, 98.4; Pennsylvania, 

 101.4; — above division, 100.4. 



Delaware, 106.1; Maryland, 106.4; Virginia, 104.8; 

 West Virginia, 113.4; 'Novth Carolina, 101.8; South Caro- 

 lina, 95.2; Georgia, 86.8; Florida, 98.9; — above division, 

 97.2. 



Ohio, 95.4; Indiana, 92.6; Illinois, 95.8; Michigan, 94.Y ; 

 Wisconsin, 102.7; — above division, 96. 



Minnesota, 107.8; Iowa, 110; Missouri, 101.8; North 

 Dakota, 119.6; South Dakota, 105.3; Nebraska, 96.1; Kan- 

 sas, 103.3 ; — above division, 106.2. 



Kentucky, 98.8; Tennessee, 96; Alabama, 93.7; Missis- 

 sippi, 90.2; Louisiana, 96.3; Texas, 105.6; Oklahoma, 96.4; 

 Arkansas, 93.9 ; — above division, 97.4. 



Montana, 104.5; Wyoming, 110.9; Colorado, 114.2; New 

 Mexico, 106; Arizona, 108.2; Utah, 104.3; Nevada, 101.2; 

 Idaho, 104.2 ; Washington, 105.9; Oregon, 110.6; California, 

 99.1 ; — above division, 105.1. 



The average prices of the ten products — corn, wheat, oats, 

 barley, rye, flaxseed, buckwheat, potatoes, hay, and cotton — 

 which represent above three-fourths of the value of all crops, 

 declined 7.6 per cent during July, whereas during July, 

 1911, they advanced 8.7 per cent; they averaged on August 

 1 about 0.1 per cent lower than on August 1 last year; on 

 July 1 they averaged 17.5 per cent higher than on July 1 

 last year. 



Temperature and Eaiistfall for the Whole Country. 



[From the United States National Weekly Weather Bulletin.] 

 Week ending August 5. — The cool weather prevailing 

 over the northern districts last week continued at the begin- 

 ning of the week just past, while in the more southern por- 

 tions moderately warm weather prevailed. Later in the week 

 unusually high pressure for so early in August prevailed 



