The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-28
CONDITION OF THE CROPS,
JULY Report Of the Governments
Statistician.
THE OUTLOOK ENCOURAGING.

Wheat Average Nearly UP to That of the
Last Ten Years-Corn 9.5 Points Lower
Than Last Year-Oats Show a Large
Yield-Tobacco in Fine Sh~ape-Reports
WASHINGTON, D. C. (Special).-The July
returns to the Statistician Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture indicate the following
average conditions;
Corn, S2.9; winter wheat, s1.2; spring
wheat, 91.2; combined spring and winter
wheat, s4.9; oats, 87.5; winter rye, 95, spring
rye, 90; barley, ss.5; tobacco, 1876; Irish po-
tatoes, 1878.
The report on the acreage Of corn, which
Is preliminary, shows a decrease OF IL per
cent. as compared with that Of last yeer,
This represents a decrease Of about 1,O0O,-
900 acres. Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Ne
braska, Texas, and one or two less fmpor-
tant co~rn-producing States, show an in
creased acreage, but this is more than off,
set BY the s~hrinkage in Iowa, Indiana.
Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and other
States. The average condition OF corn is
only S2.9, or 9.5 points lower than IN July
of last year.
The principal State averages are as fol-
lows: Ohio, rs; Michigan, 80; Indiana, 81;
Illinois, 80; Iowa, IS; Missouri. 92; Kansas,
90: Nebraska, so; Texas, 1O1; Tennessee, 80:
Kentucky, 81.
The condition Of winter wheat, S1.2, IS
OF points higher than last month, and Sc
points higher than In July OF last year;
that Of spring wheat, 91.2, Is 1.6 points
higher than last month, but al points
lower than in July Of last year. The
average condition Of spring and winter
wheat combined, S4.9, Is 1:9 point higher
than that OF the corresponding period last
year.
The percentage Of the wheat crop Of
1896 reported as on hand on July !, 1897,
is 5.46.
The average condition Of the oat crop,
S7.5, compares very unfavorably with that
of July, 1896, but it is only O small fraction
Of / per cent. less than the average July
condition for the last ten years.
The average condition of rye, IS, ts liz
points higher than in July OF last year, but
that Of spring rye, 80, Is S.8 points lower
than 1t was at that time.
having advanced IL point during the
month, and is now slightly better than at
this time last year.
The tobacco acreage shows q falling of
Of 20 per cent. as compared with last year,
and the condition, 1875, Is less by ID points
than that Of July last.
There Is a decrease in the acreage OF Irish
potatoes Of 8.4 as compared with that OF
last year. The shrinkage Is general, Ne
braska being the only State with any con-
siderable acreage devoted to this crop that
shows an increase. In point Of condition
also the crop at this time compares un-
favorehlv with that of last year, the figures
being 1918 and 80 respectively.
The wool reports indicates So pounds as
the average weight per fleece, as compared
with 81 last year and Sc in 1895:
The European agent Of the department
reports that the weather during June was
generally favorable to growing crops, ex,
cept in Russia and parts Of Germany and
Italy, but the wheat crop will be below the
average in Great Britain, France and Aus
tria- Hungary.
A consular report from Winnipeg, Mani
toba, indicates good crops OF wheat, oats
and barley on an increased acreage in that
province.