The peach crop holds to its condition of last month, but 

 only a half crop is possible in New Jersey and but little more 

 in Michigan. In California the crop is in fine condition and 

 in Connecticut the condition is comparatively high. The 

 average condition for the whole country is but 24.3 per 

 cent. 



The general average condition of clover is 80.2, as com- 

 pared with 92.6 a year ago and 95.5 in 1892. The falling 

 off of the past month amounted to 7.6 points. Drought and 

 freezino; are the chief causes of the low condition. Wet 

 weather during harvesting and the ravages of insects have 

 also affected the crop in some localities. 



The general average condition of timothy is 77.3, as com- 

 pared with 89.8 a year ago, 96.8 in 1892, and 87.4 in 1891. 

 The principal causes of the falling off in condition have been 

 drought and injuries from freezing weather. 



The general average condition of pasturage is 83.2. 

 Drought is the principal cause of the low general average 

 and improvement as a result of recent rains is mentioned in 

 a number of reports. 



The returns for cotton make the average condition 89.6, 

 against 88.3 in June, and 82.7 last year. There has been a 

 slight general improvement in condition throughout the 

 cotton belt. 



The returns for July 1 give the average weight per fleece 

 of this year's wool clip 5.33 pounds, as against 5.3 

 pounds last year, and 5.15 pounds for the census year. The 

 variation by States is considerable, the range being from 2.5 

 pounds per fleece in Alabama to 7.5 pounds in South Dakota. 



In Massachusetts the acreage of corn compared with last 

 year is given as 100, and its average condition July 1 as 96 ; 

 the average condition of spring rye as 100 ; the average con- 

 dition of oats as 94 ; the average condition of barley as 94 ; 

 the acreage of potatoes compared with last year as 106, 

 and the average condition as 98 ; the acreage of beans com- 

 pared with last year as 98, and the average condition as 

 98; the acreage of tobacco compared with last year as 88, 

 and the averaoe condition as 90 ; the average weight of wool 

 per fleece as 4.9 pounds ; the average condition of clover as 

 95 ; the average condition of timothy as 93 ; the average 



