The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-11
CROP FIGURES GIVEN
PRELIMINARY REPORTS OF THE
ACREAGE SOWN IN WHEAT,
OATS, BARLEY AND RYE
LOSSES EXCEED THE GAINS

Decreased Acreage Is, However, Not
Sufficiently Large to Cause Alarm
as to the Yield for the Year-This
Applies to All Branches of Cere-
als-Oats Show Decrease, Barley
a Gain-Averages by States.
WASHINGTON, June 10.-Preliminary
reports of the spring wheat acreage in
dicates a reduction of about 100000 acres,
or 2.5 per cent. OF the twenty states
reporting 10000 acres or upward in spring
wheat, six report an increase aggregat
ing about 245000 acres, and fourteen
decrease, amounting to about Ills, 900
acres. There Is a reduction of per cent
in North Dakota, of in Minnesota, 8
in Iowa, 3 In Wisconsin, / in Nebraska
and in Oregon. On the other hand
there is an increase Of per cent in South
Dakota and of 6 per cent in Washington.
The average condition of spring wheat
on June 1 was Ola, as compared with
1903 at the corresponding date last year,
1915 on June 1, 1897, and 1872 the mean of
years. The averages in the principal
states are: Minnesota. "a; North Da-
kota, SO; South Dakota, 90; Wisconsin.
95; Iowa. 81 Nebraska 49, Washington,
IS; Oregon, 81.
The average condition of winter wheat
is 673, as compared with 9O.S at the cor
responding date last year; 1875 on June. 1,
1897, and S3.4 the mean Of June averages
of the last fifteen years. The principal
averages by states are: Pennsylvania
and Texas, n; Maryland, 70; Virginia and
Kentucky Y; Tennessee and Wasbine-
ton, rs; Ohio, 70; Michigan, As; Indiana
and Kansas, SO; Illinois, 80; Missouri, so;
oregon, 81; California, 81, and Okla
homa, s.. The acreage winter killed
having been eliminated, the present av-
erages relate strictly to the acreage still
under cultivation.
The total reported acreage in oats Is
seVen-tenths of 1 per cent less than last
year. There is an increase of 4 per cent
III New York, Of 2 per cent in PennsyI-
Fan1a, Ohio and Michigan, of 5 per cent
in Wisconsin and Kansas, of 7 per cent
IN Nebraska, and of 8 per cent in North
Dakota. On the other hand there is a de-
crease OF 2 per cent in Indiana. Mime
sofa, South Dakota and Iowa, Of 1 per
cent in Illinois, 13 per cent in Missouri
and per cent in Texas. The average
condition of oats is 1877, as compared
with 9S on June 1 of last year; SO at the
corresponding date in 1897, and 912 the
mean Of the June averages of the last
fifteen years. The principal state av-
erages are New York and Illinois. SO:
Pennsylvania, 81; Texas, 70; Ohio. &c:
Michigan and North Dakota, "a; Indiana
10 No..
nesota and Missouri, SO; Iowa. 80: kan
sas, rs; South Dakota, 80:
Inc acreage reported as under barley
Is 81 per cent greater than last wear
There is an increase Of per cent in Min
nesota, per cent in North Dakota. and
10 per cent in California AS partial
offset there is a decrease of Q per cent
IN New York, l per cent in Wisconsin,
and b per cent in Iowa and. South Da-
kota. The average condition of barley
Is GA, as compared with 1873 at the cor
responding date last year, 87.4 on June /
1897, and S96 the mean Of the June av-
erages of the last fifteen years. The
condition in the principal states is as fol-
lows: New York. 3d.; Wisconsin, 80; Min
nesota, ~; North Dakota and Iowa, 95
South Dakota, IS; California ST. 49,. so,
The acreage under rye shows a de-
crease of S.96 per cent, as compared with
. last year, the reduction in the principal
states being as follows: New York, /
per cent; Pennsylvania, 8; Michigan, 90;
Illinois, 16; Wisconsin, g.; Minnesota 15;
Iowa. 22; Kansas. II; Nebraska, H. The
average condition Of rye Is s4.5, as com
pared with T.1 on June 1 of last year.
Ss.9 at the corresponding date in 1897, and
91.S the mean of the June averages for
the last fifteen years. She condition in
the principal states is as follows: New
York. SO; Pennsylvania, So; Michigan
81; Illinois, 65; Wisconsin and Iowa, Sc;
Kansas, IS; Nebraska, rs; Minnesota, 81