The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-18
oFf1crAE onor REIoHr Fon JUIr.
Condition Of wheat higher Than for the
Past Ten YcRrs-Corn Jurer.

WAsHiSoToS. July 17.-Tho crop report for
July, issued by the Department Of Agriculture.
says:
Preliminary returns on tho acreage OF corn
indicate a reduction OF 2 rer cent. from tho area
harvested last year. The average condition.
nos. although 78 points higher than tho con
ditioi at tAc corresponding dnto OF last year. IL
IL points below the July average for the past
twelve years and Ia ono OF the four lowest aver
ages within that period. Conditions vary widely
among the principal corn-producinR States,
Iowa reporting 100, Nebraska and Ohio 90.
Kansas and Illinois 80. and Missouri 10.
The condition OF winter wheat, S5.7. Is 81
points lower than last month. but IL IL still As
points higher than at the corresponding date
last year and 4.3 points higher than tho July
average for the past ten years.
The average condition OF spring wheat ia 90.
This Is 80 points lower than on June /, but is
3.S points higher than at the corresponding
date last year, is OF points above the average
for tho past ten years. and is the highest July
average, with two exceptions, In thirteen years.
The average condition OF spring and winter
wheat combined is S0.4. which Is 4.5 points
higher than the corresponding date last year.
and o points higher than on July I. 1890.
Tho proportion OF the wheat crop OF 1907 re-
ported as still In tho hands OF the farmers on
July l. 1903, is 3.3o percent. or the 5O.000.0 900
bushels harvested In the two Dakotas, less than
100000 bushels remain. A few important
wheat-producing States. however. report from
4 to Z per cent. OF their respective crops as still
undisposcd OF.
The average condition OF the oat crop, 02.9, ia
SO points lower than last month. but it is 5.3
points higher than ut the corresponding date
last year, 40 points higher than the July aver
age for the past ten years. and Is, with ono ex-
ception. the highest since 1880.
The average condition OF barley is 81 which
Is 80 points higher than last month. but is %
points lower than on July l last year and 81
below the July average for the past ten years.
In all the principal barley producing States ex-
cert California the conditions are somewhat
less favorable than on June l. There is, how
ever, q marked Improvement in, California,
more than any two other States in the Union.
and nearly one-third OF the entire crop of the
The average condition OF winter rye is o3.S.
as against 50 at the. corresponding date last
year. 1913 on July l. 1896. and 800, the July
ffths of the entire rye, crop of the country
Spring and winter combinedi is tho product Of
in these States the condition at the present time
is slightly above the average for the last ten
The average condition OF spring rye is QG.9.
as against 80 on July l, 1897, andoO.0. the July
average for the past ten years.
There is an increase of l.3 per cent. in the
acreage of Irish, potatoes. Thirty-o9e States.
including the whole Of New England and the
North Carolina. report an increase. and fifteen
States n decrease.
Tho average condition OF Irish potatoes. e5.5.
is al, points higher than at the corresponding
date last year and % points above the %ten-year
The average condition Of cotton is 91.2,
against 81 last month. 81. on July l, 1897. and
92.5 on July l. 1876. Arkansas and Missouri
broken record OF improvement during the
month.
cipal states is rs toliows:, Kentucky, 81; North
Caro!ina; 40; virginia. &S; Ohio, o.; Pennsyl-
Missouri. YS: Indiana. 10. and Massaehusetts
w. The kentucky. average is the. mean July
ginia. Tennessee, Ohio. Wisconsin. and Mis-
for Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania.
North Carolina. and Indiana are all somewhat
The reports as to forage crops ARG. with few
exceptions. exceedingly favorable. For timothy
&Ss eyw ! YSrE Ne iilln nhsi"%Rf iss s'asfs: i foEEsat. Ran Eish
Nebraska and a number Of less important
f s,niof 6n TeP s}5,l loo }i e q 3gSia, hi End sHef fd i5@ip15:
Minnesota and Missouri. whose reports are
somewhat less favorable than the foregoing.
ports as 70 the, condition OF clover are likewise
lures also are generally in most excellent con-
dition. From nearly all the principal grazing
e eases ex Sa aIie.af io6 S p prepSrteaf; f IN fa ta m therys
are few States, except in the South Atlantic
group, where the average of condition is not
from 30 to Jos per cent.
The outlook for the apple crop is very discour-
aging. Qfthe fourteen principal apple-growing
States; eleven report even a lower average Of
condition than at the corresponding date last
year, the present condition being as follows:
NcTth 39 Gaf1 Sh; f7722? e: fean4sss Sgi 5s ylE&&i sst VI ":
81 sdIr 5n Il nnd IA H. I%iIIn22sjs' "A; Iowa 81; Mis-
With a few notable exceptions indications as
to the peach, crop are somewhat uHfavorable.
iG4. R I aba 5 1ni rcPo rfg2 e; N sSS dlE Carolina nSGnae and ID
Kansas. q: Missouri. 81; Texas. 50; New Jer.
sey., 80; California, So: Virginia. ~; MARYLAND.
81 y S Tean ness -; Arkansas 43; Kentucky
THE annual report on spring sJhearing lndi55
Gates the, average weight per fleece as SO
pounds, the same as last year,
THE FOREIGN CROP SITUATION.
Estimates of the worlds wheat crop of 1898
are beginning to make their. appearance In
s sT%o,t p@ aSuaT S 70 tba Of o Th Is34 fiSpp Y Is G to6 a eS SrGp
however, for such estimates to have much
value, Tho area under wheat has probably
some the scarcity OF seed or uniayorable cCndi-
tions at sowing time caused a decrcase. The
most important case of decrease is probably
fiessnss t Il hq tRst ii Y IssS77 BY SH S25 & $50 as ac ss,a Z TR Re
France, about 50O.O 300 acres: United Kingdom
over 100000 acres: Italy. in round numbers
9 t;4isb sGse55i nj TTn foo SyS Zeal lit q Sns sSsss,
weather in various countries. reports as to the
condition Of the European crops continue &c
earlier estimates have had to be reduced. This
is particularly truc of the French wheat crop
which was expected to make France indepen,
dent of importation for the coming year. but Is
not at all likely to do so.
A special commissioner appointed to report
on the stock of,Yheat in Argentina estimated
the last crop at 81 .4;3O,G!W bushels, and the sur
plus available for export Mt 81. 81 .S3l bushels
This would leave nearly l3.0OQ,OOO bushels fol
export during the last half Of the current. year
but to export such n quantity within that time
would require a rate Of shipment twenty times
as rapid ms that of the last four or five weeks.
The final official estimate OF the lndinn whhea
900 bushels OF sixty pounds. exclusive. OF a few
districts from which no returns, have been re
ceived and whose product would not increas,
the estimate by more than 100000 or 5000.
0OO bushels.
A report issued on May 10 by tho Ontario De
partmrnt of Agriculture represented the arci