The evening times., 1898-07-13
JULY GRAIN CROP REPORT.
Corn Acreage Is Three Per Cent Les.
Than That Of Last Year.

The July grain crop report of the De
partment of Agriculture says:
Preliminary returns to the statisticiar
| of the Department of Agriculture on tht
! acreage of corn Indicate a reduction of
per cent from the area harvested last
year. There is decrease of 500, 600 acres
in Illinois. of 3o3. 900 in Iowa, of 66l. 600 in
Missouri. of 722. 900 in Kansas. and of is2,
900 in Neraska. Many other States like
wise show reduced acreage. but a ma
| jority of the Southern States report an in
crease. ranging from / per cent, in the
case of North Carolina and Georgia. to
per cent in that Of Texas. The average
| condition, sos, although 7.6 points higher
| than the condition for the corresponding
date of last year. is. with the exception
| of 1892 and 1897. the lowest July condition
| in ten years. the average for that period
! being 9l.3 Conditions vary widely among
| the different States, Iowa reporting 100;
Nebraska and Ohio. 80; Kansas and I'LL
nois. SO. and Missouri IS.
The condition of Winter wheat. ST. is
81 points lower than las; month. but is
still 4.5 points higher than at the corre-
spending date last year. and 4.3 points
higher than the average for the last ten
years. The principal State averages are
as follows: Pennsylvania, 81; Maryland.
Sc. Tennessee. 30; Missouri s.; Kentucky.
80; Ohio. So; Michigan, es: Indiana, "a: IL
linois. ss; Kansas. 50; and California, 40.
The average condition of Spring wheat
is s5. This Is 3.s points higher than at the
corresponding dateflast year; Is e. above
the average for the last ten years. and is
the highest July average, with two ex-
ceptions in thirteen, years. The principal
State averages are as follows: Minnesota.
81; South Dakota, 50: North Dakota. 80:
Iowa. 81: Nebraska. 102; washington. 16e,
and Oregon 105. The average condition
of Spring and Winter wheat combined is
s9.4. which is As points higher than at the
corresponding date last year. and points
higher than on July l. 1895. The percent
age of the wheat crop of 1897 reported as
still on hand on July /, 1898, is 1856 per
cent.
The average condition of the oat crop.
e2s. is So points lower than last month,
but is SO points higher than at the corre-
spending date last year, 4.9 points higher
than the average for the last ten years,
and is. with one exception, the highest
since 1889.
The average condition of barley is S5.7,
which is SO points higher than last month.
but is IS points lower than on July l last
year, and 81 below the July average for
the last ten years.
The average condition of Winter rye is
$685. as compared with IS on July l. 1897.
and 9O.6, the July average for the last ten
years. The average condition Of Spring
rye is $685. as against 80 July l, 1897. and
s0.6. the July average for the last ten
years.
There is an increase of 13 per cent In the
acreage of Irish potatoes. The average
condition, s5.5. Is IL points higher than at
the corresponding date last year, and is
20 points above the ten-year average.
There is a marked increase in the acre
age of tobacco in nearly all the States Of
principal production. Kentucky reporting
an increase Of 8 per cent, Virginia per
cent, Tennessee Is per cent and Ohio Z
per cent. There is a reduction of per
cent in North Carolina and of u per cent
in Florida. The average condition is much
better than at the corresponding date last
year.
The reports as to forage crops are, with
few unimportant exceptions, exceedingly
The outlook for the apple crop
is very discouraging. OF the fourteen
principal apple-growing States. eleven re-
port even a lower average of condition
than at the corresponding date last year.
With a few notable exceptions, among
which Is Georgia, with condition Of 14
as to the peach crop are some
what unfavorable. The wool report indi-
Gates the average weight per fleece as be-
ing SIS pounds, the same as last year.