per cent. The average condition of bade}' is 93.5, against 

 94 on June 1, 1905, 90 in 1904, and 90, the mean of the 

 corresponding averages of the last ten years. 



The average condition of rve is 90, against 94 on June 1, 

 1905, SC^ on June 1, 1904, and 90, the mean of the corres- 

 ponding averages of the last ten yeai's. 



The total area planted to cotton is estimated to be about 

 28,686,000 acres, an increase of 1,686,000 acres, or 6.2 per 

 cent. This increase is not, however, all of this 3^ear, last 

 year's acreage evidentlj^ having been considerably under- 

 estimated. 



In Massachusetts the acreage of oats compared with that 

 sown last year was given as 99, and the average condition 

 June 1 as 97 ; the average condition of rye as 91 ; the acre- 

 age of clover compared with that of last year as 100, and 

 its average condition as 98 : the average condition of alfalfa 

 as 90 ; the average condition of spring pasture as 94 ; the 

 average condition of apples as 90 : the average condition of 

 peaches as 85 ; the average condition of blackberries as 95 ; 

 the average condition of raspberries as 90 ; the average 

 condition of cantaloupes as 90 ; the average production of 

 asparagus compared with a full crop as 90 ; the average 

 condition of cabbage as 95 ; and the average condition of 

 onions as 95. 



Temperature and Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



[From United States National Weekly Weather Bulletin.] 



Week ending June 4. — In the Rocky Mountain region 

 and to the westward the week was cooler than usual, except 

 on the extreme north Pacific coast. The temperature was 

 also below the normal in the Missouri, central Mississippi 

 and Ohio valleys, over the greater part of the Lake region, 

 and in northern New England. In the Lake region, upper 

 Ohio, upper Mississippi, and central ^Missouri valleys, over 

 the greater part of the South Atlantic and east Gulf States, 

 and on the west Gulf coast, the rainfall was below the aver- 

 age. There Avas also less than the usual precipitation in 

 Colorado and the southern Plateau region. Unusually heavy 

 rains occurred in the upper Missouri valley, and there was 



