In INIassachusetts the average condition of corn September 

 1 was given as 76 ; the average condition of rye when har- 

 vested as 90 ; the average condition of oats when harvested 

 as 96 ; the average condition of buckwheat September 1 as 

 96 ; the average condition of potatoes as 95 ; the average 

 condition of apples as 83 ; the average condition of peaclies 

 as 83 ; the average condition of grapes as 92 ; the average 

 condition of tobacco as 99 ; the acreage of clover seed as 

 compared with last year as 80, and its average condition as 

 70 ; the number of stock hogs fattening as compared wdth 

 last year as 97, and their condition as 98. 



Temperature and Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



[From the United States Climate and Crop Bulletins.] 



Week ending September 1. — The week averaged some- 

 what cooler than usual in the South Atlantic and east Gulf 

 coast districts, in the Missouri valley and generally through- 

 out the western Plateau and Pacific coast regions. The week 

 was warmer than usual in the central and west Gulf States, 

 over the south-eastern Rocky Mountain slope, and from the 

 upper Mississippi valley eastward to the New England and 

 middle Atlantic coasts, being excessively warm in Texas and 

 Oklahoma. It w\as the third consecutive week Avith practi- 

 cally no rain over the greater part of Texas, while no appre- 

 ciable amount fell over a large part of the middle and south 

 Atlantic coast districts and over portions of the Ohio valley 

 and Lake regions. Only light showers occurred in northern 

 New England and much of the upper Mississippi valley, but 

 over portions of the central and east Gulf districts, and in 

 the lower Missouri and Red River of the North valleys, the 

 rainfall was very heavy, portions of the lower INIissouri val- 

 ley and central Gulf States receiving from 2 to more than 4 

 inches. 



Week ending Sej^f ember 8. — The week was warmer than 

 usual in the Pacific coast and Plateau regions, over the 

 middle Rocky Mountain slope and along the Gulf and 

 middle Atlantic coasts. In the central valleys. Lake region 

 and over the interior portions of New England, Middle At- 

 lantic and southern States, the week averaged cooler than 



