condition on Juh' 1 on spring and winter wheat combined 

 was 87.8, as compared with 85.8 on July 1, 1905, and 84.5 

 at the corresponding date in 1904. The amount of wheat 

 remaining in farmers' hands on July 1 was estimated at 

 about 46,053,000 bushels, equivalent to about ij.(y per cent 

 of the crop of last year. 



The average condition of the oat crop on July 1 was 84, 

 as compared with 86 a month earlier, 92.1 on July 1, 1905, 

 89.8 in 1904, and a ten-year average of 89.4. 



The average condition of barley on July 1 was 92.5, against 

 93.5 a month earlier, 91.5 on July 1, 1905, 88.5 at the cor- 

 responding date in 1904, and a ten-year average of 88.2. 



The average condition of winter rye on July 1, was 91.3, 

 as compared with 92.7 on July 1, 1905, 88 at the correspond- 

 ing date in 1904, and a ten-year average of 90.1. 



The acreage for potatoes, excluding sweet potatoes, is less 

 than that of last year by about 38,000 acres, or 1.3 per cent. 

 The average condition on July 1 was 91.5, as compared with 

 91.2 on July 1, 1905, 93.9 in 1904, and a ten-j^ear average 

 of 92.1. 



The acreage of tobacco is less than that of last year by 

 about 40,000 acres, or 5.2 per cent. The average condition 

 July 1 was 86.7 per cent., against 87.4 a year ago. 



In Massachusetts the acreage of corn as compared with 

 that of last year is 100, and the condition July 1 was 90 ; 

 the averao:e condition of oats was 93 ; the average condition 

 of rye was 98 ; the acreage of tobacco, 105, and its average 

 condition, 100; the average condition of pasture, 98; the 

 average condition of clover, 91 ; the average condition of 

 timothy, 95 ; the average condition of hops, 90 ; the acreage 

 of potatoes and their average condition, 92; the condition 

 of Canadian peas, 95, and of cow peas 100; the average 

 condition of beans, 91 ; the average condition of cabbages, 

 91 ; the average condition of onions, 89 ; the average con- 

 dition of tomatoes, 90; the average condition of apples, 78; 

 the average condition of peaches, 70 ; the average condition 

 of grapes, 84 ; the average condition of blackberries, 95 ; 

 the average condition of raspberries, 89 : the average condi- 

 tion of strawberries, 95 ; the average condition of canta- 

 loupes, 81 ; the average condition of watermelons, 81. 



