The average condition of spring r^^e was 87.2, as compared 

 with 88.3 a month earlier, 90.5 on Aug. 1, 1902, 83. G at the 

 corresponding date in 1901, and a ten-year average of 85.3. 



Tlie acreage of buckwheat is less than that o£ last year by 

 about 500 acres, or .1 per cent. The condition of buck- 

 wheat August 1 was 93.9, as compared with 91.4 on Aug. 

 1, 1902, 91.1 at the coiTesponding date in 1901, and a ten- 

 3^ear average of 89.8. 



The average condition of flax on August 1 was 80.3, as 

 compared with 86.2 a month earlier. 



The average condition of tol)acco on August 1 was 82.9, 

 as compared with 85.1 a month earlier. 



The average condition of potatoes on August 1 was 87.2, 

 as compared with 88.1 a month earlier, 94.8 in 1902, 62.3 

 at the same date in 1901, and a ten-year average of 84.5. 



Preliminary returns indicate an increase of 0.3 per cent in 

 the hay acreage. The condition of timothy hay on August 1 

 was 92.2, as compared with 90 in 1902, 84.1 in 1901, and 

 a nine-year average of 84.7. 



Reports as to the production of clover indicate that nearly 

 a full crop will be harvested. In point of qualit}^ the crop 

 of clover is well up to high medium grade. 



The condition of rice on August 1 was 92, as compared 

 with 93.5 a month earlier. 



The average condition of cotton on Jul}- 25 was 79.7, as 

 compared with 77.1 on June 25, 1903, 81.9 on July 25, 

 1902, 77.2 on July 25, 1901, and a ten-year average of 84.3. 



In Massachusetts the average condition of corn was 67 ; 

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

 crop of 1902 still in farmers' hands 4.1 per cent ; the average 

 condition of spring rye 98 ; the acreage of buckwheat com- 

 pared with hist 3^ear 96, and the average condition 93 ; the 

 average condition of tobacco, 84 : the average condition of 

 potatoes, 85 ; the acreage of hay compared with last year, 

 99 ; the average condition of timothy, 92 ; the production 

 of clover, 93 ; the quality of ck)ver, 95 ; the average condi- 

 tion of pasture, 96 ; the average condition of apples, C^Q ; the 

 average condition of peaches, 24 ; and the average condition 

 of grapes, 81. 



