The average condition of spring rye improved 1.2 points 

 during July. On August 1 it was 6.9 points higher than 

 last year, 14.5 points higher than on Aug. 1, 1900, and 5.3 

 points above the mean of average for the past ten years. 

 Only one of the principal States, however, shows an im- 

 provement in condition during the month. 



Preliminary returns indicate a decrease of about 6,000 

 acres, or .8 per cent, in the acreage of buckwheat, as com- 

 pared with last 3^ear. The average condition of buckwheat 

 is .3 points higher than at the corresponding date last year, 

 3.5 higher than on Aug. 1, 1900, and 1.4 points above the 

 mean of the August averages for the past ten years. 



The average condition of potatoes improved 1.9 points 

 during July, and on August 1 was 32.5 points higher than 

 at the corresponding date last year, Q.6 points higher than 

 in 1900, and 11,1 points above the mean of the August 

 averages of the past ten years. 



Of the 11 principal sweet-potato-producing States, only 

 2 report an improvement in condition during July. The 

 others show declines ranging from 1 to 18 points. 



Preliminary returns indicate an increase of 1.1 per cent 

 in the hay acreage. Of the 11 States mowing 1,000,000 

 acres or upward last year, 6 report increased and 5 decreased 

 acreage. The condition of timothy hay improved 5.1 points 

 during July, and is 4.8 points above the mean of the August 

 averages of the past eight years. 



Keports as to the production of clover are, on the whole, 

 unfavorable. In point of quality the crop is below that of 

 last year, and also below the ten-year average. 



The excellent condition of pastures was well maintained 

 during July, an improvement of 3.8 points being made dur- 

 ing the month. 



The changes in the condition of tobacco during the month 

 were unfavorable in every important tobacco-producing State 

 except Peimsylvania. 



Notwithstandina: there beins; a decline in the condition of 

 apples, as compared with a month earlier, in many States, 

 reports from nearly every important State indicate that more 

 than an average crop will be secured. 



In every important sugar-cane-producing State except 



