The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-08-16

Washington, d. c.. August 10.-ThcI
August report Of the Statistician Of the
Department of Agriculture shows the
following average conditions on August
list:
Corn, SO per cent; Spring rye,
93.1; barley, 79.3h spring wheat. 800:
oats, SD: buckwhcat, SD: Irish pota-
toes. $50. The condition Of corn. $50;
is 3.5 points lower than last month; IS.
points higher than on August LIST. 1891,
but 90 points lower than on August 1st..
1896. and DC below the August average.
for the last ten years.
The principal State averages are as
follows:
Ohio. so: Indiana. 500: Illinois. 30;
Iowa. $40: Missouri, 500; Kansas, 900;
and NchraSEa. 500.
The condition of spring wheat 81, is
ID points higher than last month; 9.S
points above the average ON August lst,
1887; 11.6 points above that for August
Isl. 1896. and 13.o points above the
August average for the last ten years.
The conditions III the principal states
are as follows:
Minnesota. 1910: North Dakota. 80:
South Dakota, go; Nebraska, go;
and Iowa. 80.
The average condition Of spring rye is
81. which is 80 points lower than last
month. but 30 points higher thar on
August !st., 1898; 81 points higher than
on August 1St. 1896, and 81 points
above the August average for the last
ten years.
Tho average condition of oats is SD,
as compared with o2.S on July fst.; 500
Oh August 1st.. 1897; 77.3 on August
1st.. 1896, and S3.7 the August average
-. ~, I,-t 49,, ,n I'M, .,,
of the oat crop of last year still III the
hands Of farmers is estimated at g. per
cent, as compared with 1O.1 per cent. Of
the crop of 1896 i'll farmers hands one
year ago.
The average condition of barley is
1913, as compared with 81 on July 1st.;
with 50 on August 1St., 1897: with
$50 on August 1st.. 1896. and $50 the
August average for the last ten years.
Preliminary returns indicate Il educ
ton of 30 per cent. in the acreage i'll
buckwheat. rs compared with last year.
The condition of buckwhcat is SD.
against $40 IN August 1st. 1897; $50
III August 1St.. 1896, and 9O.2. the -Au-
gust average for the last ten years.
The average condition of Irish pota-
toes is $50. against go last month:
10 on August 1st.. 1897; 94.S on Au-
gust 1St.. 1896. and ST., the August
average for the last ten years.
There has been Il general and some
what serious decline III the condition
of pastures.
The REPORTS as to the apple crop are
increasingly unfavorahle. Some Of the
leading apple growing States report Il
practical failure, while others report
from onc-third to tWo-thirds Of an aver
age crop.
The condition of timothy hay, 99.3. is
almost unprcccdcntcdly high.
MONTHLY COTTON REPORT.
Washington. Aug. 1O.-Thc cotton re
port of the Department OF Agriculture
issued today says:
Taking the entire cotton-producing re-
gion as IL unit. the condition of the crop
on August LIST was exactly the same
as on July LIST, namely, 91.2. This IS
4.3 points higher than on August 1st.
1897: i'll points higher than on August
list. 1896. and IS points higher thar the
August average for the last ten years.
During July there was an Improvement
Of one point in Georgia. three points n
North Carolina, four points in Alabama.
five points in Tennessee and Indian Ter
ritory and six points in Oklahoma. On
the other hand. there was Il decline of
one point in Texas and South Carolina.
and Of six points in Mississippi. the de-
cline in the last named State being the
result of excessive rains. In the condi-
ton figures for Louisiana and Arkansas
there has been no change.
The averages for the States are as fol
lows:
Virginia. %: North CCarolina. 30:
South Carolina. 80: Louisiana. 90: Tex
nc OF. ArknC1c 90. Caorrio 01. Flor
ida. 81: Alabama. %: Mississippi. S.:
Tennessee, 81: Missouri. 90; Oklahoml.
9S; Indian Territory, 81.