The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-11
BELOW IBE AVERAGE
Corn-Producing States Range
SO to 81.
OF THE COTTON : RAlSERS
Oklahoma Leads the Condi-
ton List With SO.

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE August report
of the statistician of the department Of
agriculture shows the following average
on August !:
Corn IS, spring rye s3.7. barley 7s.S, Irish
potatoes 1873. spring wheat s5.5, oats 842
buckwheat 6.2.
lower than last month, 2.s points higher
The condition OF corn. 81, is 3.6 point:
lower than last month. IS points higher
than on August !, 1897, but 9 points lower
than on August !, 1896, and s OF point
below the August average for the last
ten years.
The principal state averages are as fol
lows: Ohio So. Indiana IS. Illinois Y, Iowa
90, Missouri Sc, Kansas So and Ne
braska IS.
The condition of spring wheat ss.s. Is
Is points higher than last month, 81
points above the average on August l
1898, 1.s points above that for August /
1896, and 1875 points above the August
average for the last ten years.
The conditions in the principal states
are as follows; Minnesota 1o1, North Da-
kota 50. South Dakota 81, Nebraska 81
and Iowa 81.
The average condition OF spring rye 1:
e3.7, which is 81 points lower than lasi
month, but SO points higher than on Aug
ust l, 1887. 81 points higher than on Aug
ust l, 1896, and ga points above the August
average for the last ten years.
The average condition of oats is s4.2
as compared with a2.S on July / IS on Aug
ust l, 1897, S73 on August l, 1896, and S3.7
the average for the last ten years.
The proportion Of the oats crop Of last
year still in the hands Of farmers IS esti-
mated at 60.4 per cent, as compared witt
1O.1 per cent Of the crop Of 1886 in farmers
hands one year ago.
The average condition Of barley is 1913
as compared with ST. on July l, with 81;
on August 1, 1897, with $40 on August
1895. and So, the August average for the
last ten years.
The average condition Of Irish potatoes
IS S3.9. against 95.5 last month. T.9 or
August I. 1897. 94S on August l, 1896. and
81. the August average for the last ter
years.
The reports as 10 the apple crop ara
increasingly unfavorable. Some of tn;
leading apple-growing states report q
practical failure, while others report from
one-third to two-thirds of an average
crop.
COTTON CROP REPORT.
Washington, Aug. 10-The cotton croI
report of the department of agriculture
issued today, says:
Taking the entire cotton-producing re
g4on as a unit, the condition Of the croE
on August l was exactly the same as OF
July l, namely. e1.2. This is 4.3 points
higher than on August l. 1897, Ill point:
higher than on August l. 1896, and 81
points higher than the August average FOL
the last ten years.
During July there was an improvement
of l point in Georgia, points in Nortf
Carolina, points IN Alabama, points II
Tennessee and Idian Territory and points
in Oklahoma
On the other hand there was decline
of l piont in Texas and South Carolina
and OF points in Mississippi, the decline
in the last named state being the result
of excessive rains
In the condition figures for Louisiana
and Arkansas there has been no change
The averages are as follows:
Virginia 81 North Carolina 90, Soutl
Carolina 50. Georgia 81, Florida 81, Ala
bama IS. Mississippi SO. Louisiana 90
Texas 81, Arkansas SO, Tennessee 81, Mis-
souri, 80, Oklahoma 9S. Indian Territory "a
JOHN HYDE, Staustician-