The average condition of barley on September 1 was 82.1, 

 against 83.4 on Aug. 1, 1903, 89.7 on Sept. 1, 1902, 83.8 

 at the corresponding date in 1901, and a ten-year average 

 of 82.2. 



The average condition of rye on September 1 was 84.1, 

 against 87.2 a month earlier, 90.2 on Sept. 1, 1902, 84.9 at 

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

 85.5. 



The average condition of buckwheat on September 1 was 

 91, against 93.9 a month earlier, 86.4 on Sept. 1, 1902, 

 90.9 at the corresponding date in 1901, and a ten-year aver- 

 ao'e of 84.4. 



The average condition of flax on September 1 was 80.5, 

 against 80.3 a month earlier, and S6.2 on July 1, 1903. 



The average condition of potatoes on September 1 was 



84.3, against 87.2 a month earlier, 89.1 on Sept. 1, 1902, 

 52.2 at the corresponding date in 1901, and a ten-year aver- 

 age of 76. 



The average condition of tobacco on September 1 was 



83.4, against 82.9 a month earlier, and 85.1 on July 1, 

 1903. 



All but five of the principal cloverseed-producing States 

 report decreased acreage, but conditions in these principal 

 States are generally above the ten-year averages. 



The average condition of rice on September 1 was 93.6, 

 as compared with 92 a month earlier, and 93.5 on July 1, 

 1903. 



The number of stock hogs being fattened was 5.1, less 

 than the number being fattened a j^ear ago. Eeports show 

 a condition of 95.1, as compared with a seven-year condi- 

 tion of 94.2. 



The average condition of cotton on August 25 was 81.2, 

 as compared with 79.7 on Julv 25, 1903, 64 on Aug. 26, 

 1902, 71.4 on Aug. 24, 1901, and a ten-year average of 

 72.4. 



In Massachusetts the average condition of corn September 

 1 was oiven as 58 ; the average condition of oats as 94 ; the 

 average condition of rj'c when harvested as 90 ; the average 

 condition of ])uckwhcat as 87 ; the average condition of 

 potatoes as 86 ; the average condition of apples as 53 ; the 



