Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-12
CONDITION OF THE CROPS.
Corn, wheat. Oats, Rye, Tobncc.
Potatoes, Sc.

Potatoes. DC.
! WASHINGTON. September u-TEa
September report Of the -atsHcnn .f
the Department OF Agriculture shows tho
/ following averages OF condition ou Sep
TENDER 1st:
Corn, s22: wheat 700; oats. SD. rye
SIS; buckWheat. 75.2; potatoes, 1913, Dare
! ley. S5L
There was a decline IN the average cone
dition Of corn during August. amount.
ing TO 81 points. but the condition oa
September lst was stln IL points hie..-
than on September J. lsgS. 90 points h...-
or than at the corresponding d.e
in 1897. and % points above the mean
the September averages for the last t.1
years. There was a decline during h.-
gust Of points I'm Ohio and N
souri, IN Illinois and Kansas. and % 4
| Nebraska, and the averages ia the so...-
ern States are nearly an somewhat l.Tr
than on August ist. On the other band
there was a slight appreciable gain r..
resented by about 1 point IN Kcuu -
Indiana, aud Iowa.
The condition Of winter and sr
wheat Is 100 as compared with gI .l
September ], 1898; S.7 at the corrcsr.-
ding date I'm 1897. and 500. the mean ?
The September averages for the lasf H
years. The condition on the lst of
present month was the lowest Se
Der condition I'm twenty years. Tl
, ports from the principal winter
States are. with the exception of
and Missouri, slightly better
July lst but In the spring-whs
there has been loss of point
Dakota. 2 I'M South Dakota. 2. H
sofa. rs in Iowa, and n I'm Ne
Department VIII make mo-
estimate OF the wheat crop.
t-tIsnn or thr acreage f-Hr I'D
Northwest and on the Pacific
The average condition of 0.f
/ against 90S last month: 100 or
l. l@s; $50 at the correspondir.
1881 and 80 the mean of the
averages f0r the last ten
average condition on rye De- SD
pared with 1914 ON September J.
AZ the corresponding date BOB lNl
I the mean OF the September 1v0r
the last ten years. The aFrrA-.
1 ton ~ buckwhcat f. 722. as
! with OF last month.
The average condition o. potato
SOB This shows o. decline of 80
during August bat is stil SO points
or than ON September J. 1888 lfH
I higher shan az the correspondent.
7 i,97 ana 98 points above the neon ..
! September averages for The last
year,
OF tho principal tobacco states
lucky Pennsylvania. Nirs.n1,
Carolina Ohio. Indiana. Wisconsin
improvement on condition during a
while New York Tennessee, ana
souri, report decline.
OF the thirteen principal 1"t'i-i'
States five report Improvement ''.
August and eight "A decline There
continued decline in the condition ol
pies from almost every important
growing state. There is am Improve
OF five points ln the condition oi e.a
cane in Louisiana. with chans0s ot
especial Importance In the min'r
growing States. The number oi ei'.N
holdings for fattcning is reported Hl Of
/ per cent. less than on September J. -
The condition b. $685. which Is .o- hc.I"
that OF September D. 1855 bar ll1 ''
the mean of the September average '
the last ten years, A cons.ier'pi'
crease a. reported in the cioFti-'
acreage The condition I'm thc pfincil..'
states II as follows. KENTUCKY h '"..'
81. Missouri Is. Michigan. AZ. lniihhA' 80
Illinois. ca; Wisconsin. "a lowe, ?"