Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-07-21
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT
shows Good Prospects For Wheat, Pota-
toes AID Forage Crops Apple Crop roor.

shows Good Prospects For vhcat, Pota-
toes AID Forage Crops Apple Crop POOR.
Washington, July lS-Thc crop report
for July. issued by the department OF
agriculture, says:
preliminary returns on tho acreage CT
corn indicate Il reduction of per cent
from the area harvested last year. The
average condition, 500. although &c points
higher than the condition at the cores
ponding date of last year, is IL points be-
low the July average for the past twelve
years and is one Of the four lowest aver
ages within that period. Conditions vary
widely among the principal corn-produc-
ing States. Iowa reporting 100 Nebraska
and Ohio 20, Kansas and illinois So and
Missouri IS.
The condition of winter wheat, ST., is
IL points lower than last month, but 1t
Is still 40 points higher than at the COR
responding date last year and Is points
higher than the July average for the past
ten years.
The average condition of spring wheat
Is ~. This is 80 points lower than on June
i. hut is 3.S points higher than at the cor
responding date last year. is SO points
above the average for the past ten years,
and is the highest July average with two
exceptions, IN 10 years.
The average condition of spring and
winter wheat combined is So4. which is I.5
points higher than the corresponding date
last year. and points higher than on July
!, 1896.
The proportion Of the wheat crop of 1897
reported rs still In the hands Of the farm
orS on July |. lS9N. Is 1886 per cent. OF the
5cNo,0o0 bushels harvested in the two Da-
kotas, less than 1000 bushels remain 4
rev important wheat producing States
however, report from 1 to per cent of
their respective crops as stll undisposed
of.
There IS an increase of l3 per cent. in
the acreage of Irish potatoes. Thirty-one
states, including the whole of New Eng
lana ana the entire Atlantic coast, with
the exception of North Carolina, report
an increase and Ii States "A decrease
The average condition of Irish potatoes,
'".5 IL ~ points higher than at the cor
responding date las. year and 90 points
above the lD-year average.
The average condition Of cotton IL ~ 2.
against ~ last month, Sc on july l. 1897.
and 92.5 on July /. 1896. Arkansas and
Missouri form the only exceptions TO an
otherwise Unhruken record OF improve
ment during the month.
Tho average condition Of tobacco i'm the
principal States is as follows; Kentucky.
SO; North Carolina. %; Virginia, %; Ohio,
90; Pennsylvania, 20. Tennessee. %: Wis
conain, 81. Connecticut. y; New York. 100;
Maryland, 81; Missouri, %; Indiana 20:
and Massachusetts,, 20. The Kentucky
average is the mean July average foy that
state for the last 10 years. The condition
in New York Maryland. Virginia. Ten
nessce Ohio, Wisconsin, and Missouri eX-
cccds the lo-ycqr average, while that for
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania
North Carolina and Indiana are all some
what below it,
! The reports as to forage crops, are, with
few exceptions, exceedingly favorable. For
iro,n . he. hON hn g
gethcr with New York Illinois, Iowa,
/ Kansas, Nebraska and a number of less
important states, report 100 or upward,
and even important hay States Ike Ohio,
Michigan, Indiana. Minnesota and Mis-
souri, whose reports are somewhat less
| favorable than the foregoing, have cond!-
tons far above the average of n sere IS
of years With few exceptions, thepre-
ports to the condition of clover are like
wise considerably above the l0-yed- aver
age. Pastures also are generally in most
excellent condition. From nearly all the
principal grazing States an average APP
proaching and in many cases exceeding
100 is reported; in fact, there are few
States, except in the South Atlantic group
where the average of condition is not
from % to los per cent.
The outlook for the apple crop Is very
discouraeing OF the II principal apple
growing States. II report even Il lower av-
erage of condition than at the correspond.
ing date last year, the present condition
being as follows, Now York a.. pennsNl.
wanna, 81: virginia. Il: North Cnrolin, -
Tennessee. rs: West Virginia "a, Ecn.
lucky, iG; Ohio. So; Michigan, 81. Inllona
AZ. Illinois "A. Iowa n. NIesouri A.. ,rJ
Kansas, iS
With Il few notable exceptions indica.
tions as To tho peach cron arc somovhn,
unfavorahlc. Georgia nrobohIv Tho ,rnnt,
est peach growing State i'm Tho Union RIO.
ports the high average ~ ,nt Ainna,na
reports rs. North Carolina ana hresi.etnui
"a: South Carolina ~, Ohio n, Kansas
20: Missouri, Gl; Texas Go. New Jersov X
California. AZ. Wright, a., NnrvlarG Il
Tennessee. As. Arkansas a.. EertucLy 70
and Delaware IG
The annual renort on snriny sboor;,,
indicates tho ovorago a,oicht nar 60
as 5S nounds tho same 90 los, 90
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