The average condition of meadow mowings lands on May 1 

 was 83.6, against 92 on Mav 1, 1906, 93.3 in 1905, and 90.4, 

 the mean of the May averages of the last ten years. 



The average condition of spring pastures on May 1 was 

 T9.6, as against 91.4 on May 1, 1906, 92.3 in 1905, and 

 89.2, the mean of the ]\[ay averages of the last ten years. 



Of the total acreage of spring plowing contemplated, 71.5 

 per cent was reported as actually done on May 1, as com- 

 pared with 63.9 per cent last year, and a ten-year average 

 of 65. 



Of spring ])lanting, 47 per cent was reported as having 

 been accomplished, as compared with 53 per cent in 1906. 



In Massachusetts the average condition of winter rye was 

 given as 88 ; the average condition of meadow mowings lands 

 as 90 ; the average condition of spring pasture as 85 ; the 

 percentage of spring plowing actually done as 25 ; and the 

 proportion of spring planting done as 11. 



Weathee Summary, Jan. 1 to May 1, 1907. 



[Furnished by Weather Bureau, Boston.] 



January: The weather was of mid-winter type, without 

 special features. There were the usual number of storms 

 of average severity, with rain and snow, the monthly amounts 

 being, somewhat below the average. Some of the storms were 

 accompanied with high winds and gales. The mean tem- 

 l^eratiire, 29.4°, was about 1° below normal. During the 

 first nine days the temperatures were above the average; 

 from the 10th to the 22d the temperatures were very varia- 

 ble ; after which the weather continued very cold until the 

 close of the month. 



February: The low temperatures continued through Feb- 

 ruary, the low average temperature making the month one 

 of the coldest of its name on record, though the extremes 

 did not depart greatly from previous years. The precipita- 

 tion was nearly all snow, the total snowfall ranging from 

 11 to 36 inches. The most severe storm occurred on the 

 5th, and was accompanied with severe northeast gales, reach- 

 ing velocities from 60 to 70 miles per hour. The month 

 as a whole was a verv severe one. 



