The average condition of rye when harvested was 90.5, 

 against 90.8 on Sept. 1, 1905, 86.9 in 1904, and a ten-year 

 average of 8C.5. 



The average condition of buckwheat on September 1 was 



91.2, against 93.2 a month earlier, 91.8 on Sept. 1, 1905, 



91.5 in 1904, and a ten-year average of 88.4. 



The average condition of tobacco was 86.2, as against 87.2 

 a month earlier, 85.1 on Sept. 1, 1905, 83.7 in 1904, and a 

 five-year average of 81.8. 



The average condition of potatoes on September 1 was 



85.3, as against 89 a month earlier, 80 on Sept. 1, 1905, 



91.6 in 1904, and a ten-year average of 79.2. 



In Massachusetts the average condition of corn September 

 1 was given as 100 ; the average condition of oats when har- 

 vested as 95 ; the average condition of rye when harvested 

 as 92 ; the average condition of buckwheat when harvested as 

 88 ; the average condition of tobacco as 100 ; the average 

 condition of potatoes as 82; the average condition of beans 

 as 81 ; the average condition of cabbages as 90 ; the average 

 condition of onions as 80 ; the average condition of tomatoes 

 as 88; the average condition of apples as 64; the average 

 condition of peaches as 57; the average condition of grapes 

 as 85 ; the average condition of cranberries as 75 ; the average 

 condition of cantaloupes and muskmelons as 75 ; the aver- 

 age condition of watermelons as 80 ; the number of stock 

 hogs fattening, compared with last year, as 97, and their 

 average condition as to size and weight as 97. 



Te:mperature and Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



[Feom the National Weekly Weather Bulletins.] 



Week ending September 3. — The week was warmer than 

 usual in the Atlantic and Gulf coast districts, Ohio and upper 

 Missouri valleys, and over the northern Plateau and middle 

 Pacific coast regions. In the northern Lake region, over an 

 area extending from northern Louisiana and northeastern 

 Texas to the lower Missouri valley, throughout the southern 

 Plateau region, over the greater part of California and on the 

 extreme north Pacific coast, the week averaged cooler than 

 usual. Tlie rainfall exceeded the average in the Middle At- 



