Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-21
GENERAL CROP CONDITIONS
Report of Department of Agricul-
ture on Grain and the
weather.

WASHINGTON, June 20, Especially
Spring Wheat: MISUNDERSTANDING re-
turns indicate reduction of about 100000
acres, or 25 per cent in the area sown. OF
the twenty states having 10000 acres or up
ward in this product, six report an in
crease, amounting altogether to about 245,-
900 acres, and fourteen a decrease, aggregat-
ing about 7l5,000 acres. There Is an indi-
Gated decrease OF 3 per cent in Wisconsin;
per cent in Minnesota; s per cent In Iowa;
per cent In Nebraska; per cent in North
Dakota and per cent In Oregon. On the
other hand there is n reported increase of
per cent in South Dakota and Of 6 per
cent in Washington. In consequence of the
there has been a manifest disposition to
largely Increase the acreage in spring
wheat but the season has been so unfavor-
able that in only few states does the spring
wheat acreage equal that Of last year.
Condition-The average condition of
spring wheat Is 91.4 as compared with 100 0
on June l, 1898, S9.6 at the correspond ng
date in 1897, and 93.2. the mean of the June
averages for the last thirteen years. che
condition in Minnesota corresponds with the
mean of the June averages for the last If
teen years In South Dakota it is 3 points
above, in Nebraska 1 above, and in North
3, d,
and II respectively, below the fifteen year
average for such shorter term Of years as is
available for comparison.
Winter Wheat: Condition-The average
condition OF winter wheat is G7.3. as COM
pared with 1913 at the corresponding date
last year, 1875 on June l, 1897, and S3.4 the
mean of the June averages for the last thir-
teen years. With the exception of Okla
homa, there is not state or territory re-
porting winter wheat the condition of which
is not below the fifteen-year average or the
average for such shorter term of years as
may be available for comparison. The num-
Der of points below the June average in the
principal winter wheat states is as follows:
California, 1; Ohio and Texas, Z; Tennessee
and Oregon, H. pennsylvania, 13; Kentucky,
IA; Maryland, 10; Virginia, II; Missouri
and Washington, 20; Kansas, 26; Indiana,
27; Illinois. &c. and Michigan, 3S.
Oats: Acreage-The total reported acrenge
in oats is about 1863, 900 acres, or seven
tenths of l per cent, less than last year.
There is decrease Of per cent in Texas
2 per cent in Indiana. Minnesota South
Dakota and Iowa, l per cent in Illinois and
IL per cent in Missouri. On the other hand
there is an increase of per cent in New
York, per cent in Pennsylvania. Ohio and
Michigan, per cent in Wisconsin and Kan
sas, per cent in Nebraska, and per cent
in North Dakota, af .st .7f.'ls s
ConditonTThe average condition of oats
Is SS.7, as compared with 9S on June l of
last year, SO at the corresponding date in
1897, and 9l.2, the mean of the June aver
ages for series of years, is as follows: New
YORK and Indiana, above; Michigan and
Nebraska, above; Wisconsin, above; Illi-
nois, above; Pennsylvania and Mime
sofa, 6 below; Ohio below Iowa below.
South Dakota, below, and Kansas. 7 below.
SprllS Pasture: Condtion-The DEPART
ment is not i'll possession of such infarma-
tlon as Is necessary to the proper geographic
distribution OF the acreage in pasture and
to the determination of an average condition
for the entire country, but there are few
states in which the condition Is not man
ifestly below the average for a series of
years The most notable exceptions to the
rule are Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Kan
sas, where the condition is from 1 to
points above the average.
Glover: Acreage-From eighteen states
and territories an increase and from thirty
decrease is reported in the acreage in
clover While the data in the possession of
the department are not sufficiently complete
to form the bRss of an estimate. even in the
form of percentage, OF the reduction in
area that reduction is undoubtedly very
considerable. 81
Condition-The condition OF clover is
below the average except in Idaho. where It
Is the same, and in Maine, Georgia, Ken
tucky and Nebraska, where it is g. 9, and
6 points above