In Massachusetts the avera^re condition of corn Auo;ust 1 

 is given as 97 ; the average condition of spring rye as 78 ; 

 the average condition of oats as 77 ; the average condition 

 of barley as 89 ; the acreage of buckwheat compared witli 

 last year as 100, and its average condition as 90 ; the aver- 

 age condition of potatoes as 82 ; the average condition 

 of tobacco as 96 ; the acreage of hay compared with last 

 year as 101; the average condition of timothy as 93; the 

 product of clover compared with a full crop as 89 ; the aver- 

 age quality of clover hay as 100; the average condition of 

 pasture as 86 ; the average condition of apples as 87 ; the 

 average condition of peaches as 33 ; and the average con- 

 dition of grapes as 95. 



Temperature and Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



From United States Weather-Crop Bulletixs. 



Week ending August 6. — Week slightly warmer than 

 usual on the Atlantic coast from southern New England to 

 Maryland, also in western Montana and over the interior 

 portions of central and northern California. Elsewhere tem- 

 perature generally below normal, the week being decidedly 

 cool throughout the southern portion of the country from 

 the Atlantic to the Pacific. Light frost in Minnesota, Wis- 

 consin and Michigan on the 3d and 4th. Week one of 

 excessive rainfall over the greater portion of the Southern 

 States. Showers over Middle Atlantic and New England 

 States. More than usual rainfall in northern Michigan and 

 over limited areas in the central Ohio and central Mississippi 

 valleys, but over much the greater portion of the country 

 from the AUeghanies westward, little or no rain fell during 

 the week. The cranberry crop, which had previously sus- 

 tained injury from forest fires in New Jersey and Wisconsin 

 has been further damaged in the last-named State by recent 

 frosts. 



Week ending August 13. — Week cooler than usual on 

 the Pacific coast, plateau regions, west Gulf States, and on 

 the Atlantic coast from Virginia northward. Week warmer 

 than usual from the upper Missouri valley and Middle 

 Rocky Mountain slope eastward to the south Atlantic coast 

 including the central valleys and Lake region. Less than 



