The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-12
CONDITION OF CROPS

As Reported by the statistician Ofthe
Agricultural Department : Good
average Condition of COrn-Wheat
Has Lower Average.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 1.-THE
September report of the statlstician OF
thu agricultural department shows the
average condition of crops on scptem=
Der /.
Corn, $50; wheat, EOS; oats, S7.o2; rye,
$40; buckwheat, 75.s; potatoes, 1868;
barley, Ss7
/ There was a decline in the average
condition of corn during August
amounting to a. points, but the con-
ditIon on September was stiii IL
points higher than on September 1.
1898, So points higher than at the cor
responding date in 1897. and 20 points
above the mean OF the September aver
ages for the last ten years. There was
a decline during August of three points
in Ohio and Missouri; two in Illinois;
nine in Kansas, and fourteen in Me-
braska, and the averages in the south
ern states are nearly all somewhat
lower than on August /. On the other
hand there was a slight appreclable
gain reported by about one point IN
Kentucky, Indiana and Iowa.
The condition Of winter and spring
wheat consolidated is 70.9. as compared
with S6.7 on September !, 1898, S57 at
the corresponding date in 1897, and $50
the mean Of the September averages for
the last ten years The condition on the
first OF the present month was the low
est September condition in twenty
years. The report from the pFthciPa!
winter wheat states are, with the eX-
ception Of Kansas and Missouri, slight
~ better than on July ], but in the
spring wheat states there has been a
decline of three points in North Dakota,
two in South Dakota, twelve in Mime
sofa, sixteen in Iowa, and eleven In Ne
braska.
The department will make no quanti-
tatfve estimate of the wheat crop
pending revision Of the acreage fig
ures in the northwest and on the Pa
cItic slope.
The average condition of oats was So
against SO.S last month, 100 on Septem-
her /, 1898: SAG at the corresponding
date in 1897 and 500 the mean Of the
September averages for the last ten
years.
The average condition Of barley was
S67, as compared with 1855 last month,
7s.2 on September l, 1898. 1854 at the cor
responding date in 1897 and S4l the
mean of the September averages for
the last ten years The average condi-
ton of rye was $40 as compared with
1914 on September /. 1895, SOL at the
corresponding date In 1897, and SIS the
mean OF the September averages for
the last ten years.
The average condition Of buckwheat
was 75.2 rs compared with 9S.2 last
month, SIS on September /, 1898. 95.1 at
the corresponding date in 1897, and $50
the mean OF the September averages
for the last ten years.
The average condition Of potatoes
was sea- This shows decline Of 81
points during August, but is still Sc
points higher than on September ].
1898, 1876 points higher than at the cor
responding date In 1897 and 9.3 points
above the mean of the September nV-
erages for the last ten years.
OF the principal tobacco stRtes, Ken
lucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia. North
Carolina, Ohio. Indiana, Wisconsin,
Massachusetts and Connecticut report
an Improvement of condition during
August while New York, Tennessee and
Missouri report decline.
OF the thirteen principal sweet potato
states, five report an improvement dur
ing August and eight decline. There
Is a continued decline in the condition
OF apples from almost every important
ample growing state. There is an I'M
provement OF five points In the condi-
ton of sugar cane in Louisiana, with