In Massachusetts the acreage of corn is 45,000 acres, or 

 102, as compared with last year, and the condition on July 

 1 was 97 ; the average condition of oats was 98 ; the average 

 condition of rye, 94; the acreage of tobacco 4,512 acres, or 

 96, as compared with last year, and the condition 95 ; the 

 acreage of Irish potatoes was 32,000, or 105, as compared 

 with last year, and the average condition 92 ; the average 

 condition of timothy was 90, the average condition of clover, 

 88, and the average condition of all tame hay, 90 ; the aver- 

 age condition of pastures, 93 ; the average condition of apples, 

 77 ; the average condition of peaches, 80 ; the average condi- 

 tion of pears, 87 ; the average condition of grapes, 85 ; the 

 average condition of tomatoes, 90 ; the average condition of 

 cabbages, 92 ; and the average condition of onions, 90, 



Temperature and Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



[From United States National Weekly Weather Bulletin.] 



Weeh ending July 6. — The mean temperature was below 

 the normal over the entire district between the Mississippi 

 River and the Rocky Mountains, the average deficiency rang- 

 ing from 3° to 6° daily. The mean temperature was above 

 the normal from the lower lakes, Ohio valley and east Gulf 

 States, northeastward over the Atlantic coast States and ]^ew 

 England, and also over the districts west of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains. The precipitation was generally above the normal 

 from South Dakota and southern Minnesota southward to 

 Oklahoma and northern Texas, throughout Illinois and much 

 of Indiana and Ohio. There was a deficiency in the week's 

 rainfall throughout a gradually widening area from the 

 upper Ohio valley northeastward, to include practically the 

 whole of ISTew England, from the headwaters of the Missouri 

 eastward to the Lakes, and from the Plateau region westward 

 to the Pacific Ocean. 



Weeh ending July IS. — The mean temperature for the 

 week continued below the normal over the lower Missouri 

 and middle Mississippi valleys, though somewhat less pro- 

 nounced than in the previous week. The mean temperature 

 was also slightly below the normal over most of the Gulf 



