average condition of peaches as 19 : the average condition 

 of grapes as 62 ; the average condition of tobacco as 78 ; the 

 number of stocli hogs fattening as compared Avith hist year 

 as 99 and their average condition as 96. 



TE3IPERATURE AXD RaINFALL FOR THE WhOLE CoUNTRY. 



[From United States Climate and Crop Bulletins.] 



Week ending August 31. — Tlie week averaged cooler 

 than usual in the Pacific coast States, middle and northern 

 Plateau districts and over the northern portions of the 

 country eastward of the Rocky Mountains. In the Ohio, 

 central Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys, over the 

 northern portions of the middle Atlantic States and through- 

 out the southern States the week averaged warmer than 

 usual. Generally throughout the northern portions of the 

 country from the Atlantic to the Pacific the rainfall ex- 

 ceeded the weekly average, being very heavy in the middle 

 Atlantic States, Lake region and upper ]Mississippi and Mis- 

 souri valleys. There was also more than the usual rainfall 

 in northern Florida and over limited areas in the central and 

 west Gulf States, although as a whole the precipitation in 

 the southern States was much below the average, especially 

 over the interior districts. 



Week ending September 7. — The week was cooler than 

 usual in the middle Atlantic States, Ohio and Mississippi 

 valleys, the Lake region and in the central and west Gulf 

 States. Throughout the eastern and southern Rocky Moun- 

 tain slopes, the Plateau region and the Pacific coast States 

 the week was warmer than usual. There were also slight 

 excesses over northern New England and in Georgia and 

 Florida. There Avas less than the usual amount of rain 

 throughout the countr}-, the exceptions being in Wisconsin 

 and Minnesota, and in small areas in Iowa, New England, 

 along the south Atlantic coast and in Washington and Ore- 

 gon. A large region extending from Texas northward to 

 Kansas and eastward to Pennsylvania, including the lower 

 Lake region and the greater })art of the southern States, re- 

 ceived practically no rain. 



Week ending Septendjer 14. — The week was decidedly 

 cool from the north Pacific coast eastward to the Dakotas 



