on May 20 of last year, 82,5 on June 1, 1900, 85.7 on June 

 1, 1899, and a ten-year average of 86. Only twice within a 

 period of twenty-one years has the average condition June 

 1 been as high as the condition reported this year. 



In Massachusetts the acreage of oats compared with that 

 harvested last year was given as 96, and the average condi- 

 tion June 1 as 90 ; the acreage of rye as 97, and the condi- 

 tion 87 ; the acreage of clover as 97, and the condition as 

 93 ; the average condition of spring pasture as 89 ; the 

 average condition of apples as 90 ; and the average condi- 

 tion of peaches as 86. 



Temperature and Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



[From United States Climate and Crop Bulletins.] 



Week ending June 2. — The week averaged cooler than 

 usual on the Pacific coast, over the western portion of the 

 Plateau districts, in the lower Missouri valley, over the 

 northern portion of the west Gulf States, and generally in 

 all districts east of the Mississippi, being decidedly cool in 

 the interior valleys of California, the Ohio valley, Tennes- 

 see and interior portions of the Middle Atlantic States. 

 Freezing temperatures occurred in portions of the Plateau 

 region and at a few of the extreme northerly stations in the 

 upper Lake region and northern New England. Heavy 

 rains fell in Oklahoma, north-western Texas, portions of 

 New Mexico and Colorado, and over an area extending from 

 the upper Lake region westward to central Montana. 

 Abundant rains also fell in portions of the lower Missouri 

 and upper Mississippi valle3^s, over the greater portion of 

 the Florida peninsula and portions of the Middle Atlantic 

 States and New England. There was less than the average 

 rainfall in the upper Lake region, the northern portion of 

 the upper Mississippi valley and the central ^Missouri valley. 



Week ending June 9. — The week averaged warmer than 

 usual over nearly the whole of the country, but the tempera- 

 ture excess was generally slight in the central valleys and 

 Atlantic coast districts. Nearly normal conditions prevailed 

 on the Pacific coast. The week was cooler than usual over 

 the northern • portions of the Lake region and the upper 

 Missouri and lied River of the north valleys, Montana and 



