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Weather favorable for crop growth, but showers retarded 

 harvesting and damaged hay ; corn]much improved and fairly 

 promising ; small grain good ; apples good, but dropping 

 somewhat ; peaches and berries good ; plums and pears 

 uneven ; tobacco topping progressing, crop promising ; pota- 

 toes doubtful, owing to blight and some rot, but fairly 

 promising ; other vegetables good. 



Week ending August 18, — New England. Boston : 

 Weather very favorable, except too cool ; excellent progress 

 with harvesting hay and oats, large yield ; garden vegetables 

 good ; potatoes average, but blight and rot causing some 

 damage ; tobacco excellent, but second cutting somewhat 

 damaged by wind ; apples probably above average ; peaches 

 and pears promise average crop ; cranberries very promising. 



Week ending August 25. — New England. Boston : 

 Weather favorable, except too cool ; haying completed, ex- 

 cept in parts of north, good crop; early potatoes good, late 

 uncertain on account of blight and rot ; apples and cranber- 

 ries promise average yields ; peaches fair ; pears uneven ; 

 tobacco excellent. 



Weather of August, 1902. 

 The month opened with several days of typical " dog-day " 

 weather. The sky was partly overcast, with a large excess 

 of humidity, light winds and calms, and temperatures rang- 

 ing in the 80's. The rainfall during the time was light, 

 except in some of the western sections of the States, where 

 heavy local showers occurred. From the 6th to the 12th 

 inclusive the weather was unsettled, showers and local storms 

 were prevalent, and the rainfall in some localities was con- 

 siderably in excess of the average. The temperature during 

 the time was quite uniform, rising but little above 80 de- 

 grees, and the daily means ranged from 1 to 3 degrees below 

 the weekly normal. The nights were especially cool, the 

 temperature conditions being mostly unfavorable to vegetable 

 growth. In coast sections fogs were of frequent occurrence, 

 particularly during the mornings. A *' spell " of fair weather, 

 during which there was much sunshine, obtained from the 

 13th to the 18th. The temperatures, however, remained un- 

 seasonably low, the daily means ranging from 1 to 6 degrees 



