The average condition of rye on August 1 was 90.8, as 

 compared with 91.3 a month earlier, 92.6 on Aug. 1, 1905, 

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



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

 about 28,000 acres, or 3.7 per cent. The average condition 

 of buckwheat on August 1 was 93.2, as compared with 92.6 

 in 1905, 92.8 in 1904, and a ten-year average of 92.1. 



The average condition of tobacco on August 1 was 87.2, 

 as compared with 86.7 a month earlier, 84.1 on Aug. 1, 

 1905, 83.9 in 1904, and a five-year average of 83.2. 



The average condition of potatoes on August 1 was 89, as 

 compared with 91.5 a month earlier, 87.2 on Aug. 1, 1905, 

 94.1 in 1904, and a ten-year average of 86.3. 



Preliminary returns indicate a decrease of 1 per cent in 

 the hay acreage. 



In Massachusetts the average condition of corn was 96 ; 

 the average condition of oats, 95 ; the average condition of 

 rye, 95 ; the acreage of buckwheat, compared with last year, 

 98, and its average condition 95 ; the average condition of 

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

 acreage of hay, compared with last year, 101, and the 

 average condition of timothy, 98 ; the product of clover, 95, 

 and its average quality, 92 ; the average condition of pota- 

 toes, 92 ; the average condition of beans, 88 ; the average 

 condition of cabbages, 95 ; the average condition of onions, 

 91 ; the average condition of tomatoes, 92 ; the average 

 condition of apples, 70 ; the average condition of peaches, 

 70; the average condition of grapes, 88; the product of 

 blackberries, 98 ; the product of raspberries, 97 ; the average 

 condition of cantaloupes and muskmelons, 87 ; and the aver- 

 age condition of watermelons, 87. 



Temperature and Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



[From United States National Weekly Weather Bulletin.] 



Week ending August 6. — In the central valleys. Lake 

 region and Middle Atlantic States the week was warmer 

 than usual, the excess ranging from 3° to 6° per day ; and 

 weekly mean temperatures slightly in excess of the normals 

 were reported from New England and the northern portion 



