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of spring and winter wheat combined was 81.6, as compared 

 with 87.8 on July 1, 1906, and 85.8 on July 1, 1905. The 

 amount of wheat remaining in the bands of farmers on July 

 ] was estimated at about 54,853,000 bushels, equivalent to 

 about 7.5 per cent of the crop of last year. 



The average condition of the oat crop July 1 was 81, as 

 compared with 81.6 a month earlier, 84 on July 1, 1906, 

 92.1 in 1905, and a ten-year average of 88.2. 



The average condition of barley on July 1 was 84.4, against 

 S4.9 a month earlier, 92.5 on July 1, 1906, 91.5 in 1905, 

 and a ten-year average of 88.7. 



The average condition of winter rye on July 1 was 89.7, 

 as compared with 91.3 on July 1, 1906, 92.7 in 1905, and 

 a ten-year average of 90.9. 



The acreage of potatoes, excluding sweet potatoes, is more 

 than that of last year by about 54,000 acres, or about 1.8 

 per cent. The average condition on July 1 was 90.2, as com- 

 pared with 91.5 on July 1, 1906, 91.2 in 1905, and a ten- 

 year average of 91.3. 



The acreage of tobacco is less than that of last year by 

 about 34,000 acres, or 5.6 per cent. The average condition 

 on July 1 was 81.3, against 86.7 on July 1, 1906, and 87.4 

 in 1905. 



The average condition of cotton on June 25 was 72, as 

 compared with 70.5 on May 25, 1907, 83.3 in 1906, 77 in 

 1905, and a ten-year average of 83.2. 



In Massachusetts the acreage of corn as compared with 

 last year is 98, and the condition July 1 was 83 ; the average 

 condition of oats was 95 ; the average condition of rye was 

 92 ; the acreage of tobacco, 100, and the average condition, 

 87 ; the average condition of pasture, 98 ; the average condi- 

 tion of clover, 92 ; the average condition of alfalfa, 100 ; 

 the average condition of timothy, 92 ; the acreage of pota- 

 toes, 100. and the average condition, 85 ; the average condi- 

 tion of Canadian peas, 85 ; the average condition of bean?, 

 90 ; the average condition of cabbages, 87 ; the average con- 

 dition of onions, 00 ; the average condition of tomatoes, 83 ; 

 the average condition of apples, 80 : the average condition of 

 peaches, 45 ; the average condition of grapes, 85 ; the aver- 



