The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-12
WINTER NHEbT AREA
Reduced by 0ne-Fifth That
Sown in the Fall.
REDUCTION IN CONDITION
Acreage and Condition in the
Cotton Belt.
REDUCTION IN CONDITION

! department states that as a result of {
special investiga ton relative to the winter
whea acreage plowed up cut for forage
the departments estimate of the area re
! naming under cultivation has been further
reduced by $4,000 acres, the area aban'
doned, inaddition to that announced May
10, comprising 1000 acres in Ohio. 79,0N
in Michigan, 10000 in Indiana. 34S.0oO ii
Illinois and 44S,000 in California. This
brings the area in winter wheat remaining
under cultivation on June / down TO "a
90s, 900 acres, reduction from the area
sown in the fail Of 524O,O00 acres. Not
withstanding this. further reduction OF
acreage by the elimination Of all land
entirely abandoned, the condition OF win
ter wheat declined during May G. points
the condition on June being ST., against
$50 on May l, SIS on June l, 9O.S at the
corresponding date in 1898, and a ten-year
average OF S07.
Preliminary reports on the spring wheat
acreage indicate reduction Of about
557 900 acres, or 80 per cent Minnesota,
Wisconsin ond oregon report reduction
OF per ceat, North Dakota and Nebraska
of 3 per cest. The average condition Of
spring wheat on June 10 was 87-:, as COM
pared with GA on June /. 1899 1909 at the
corresponding date in 1883 and a ten-year
average of 90. Minnesota falls 10, North
Dakota I, South Dakota II and Wisconsin
points below their respective ten-year
averages. On the other hand, the ten
year averages are exceeded in Nebraska,
Iowa, Oregon and Washington by Isl.
and points respectively.
The total reported acreage in oats ex-
ceeds the acNeage harvested last year by
80 per cent. This is an increase of IS per
cent in Ohio, Is per cent in IadiaHa, per
cent in New York, 5 per cent In Penn
sylvania and Wisconsin and per cent In
Minnesota, Kansas and Nebraska. In no
state having one million acres or upwards
in oats is there a reduced acreage, except
in Iowa, where the shrinkage is too in
significant to call FOR comment The av-
erage condition of oats is 81, against S8.7
on June /. 1893; 93 at the corresponding
date in 1888 and ten-year- average of S9.S.
OF the states having one million acres or
upwards In oats Illinois, Iowa, Kansas
and Nebraska report conditions 6S, 10 and
Is poixts above their ten-year averages,
while New York, Pennsylvania. Ohio In
diana, Wisconsin and Minnesota, respec-
lively, below the mean of their June aver
ages for the last ten years.
The acreage reported as under barley is
six-tenths Of l per cent greater than the
area harvested last year. There is an in
erase Of per cent in California and Kan
sas, of 3 per cent in South Dakota and of
] per cent in New York. Average condi-
ton Of barley, S6,2 against 9l.4 year
ago The ten-year averages are exceeded
by 10 points in Kansas and in Iowa,
The acreage under rye shows reduction
OF 4 per cent from that harvested last
year OF the two principal rye-growing
states, New York and Pennsylvania, the
former shows a shrinkage of per cent
and the latter an increase of 10 per cent.
the enlarged breadth ip Pennsylvania be-
ing accounted for by the showing in
spring rye of some thousands of acres
sown last fall to winter wheat and since
plowed up on account Of winter killing.
Kansas reports a decrease of 10 per cent
and Iowa Il per cent. The average con-
dition Of rye IS SIG. as compared with Si.5
on June ]. 1899, and a ten-year average OF
$50 The condition figures in New York,
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are S. L and
points below the ten-year average, and
in Kansas . points above such averages.
The acreage and condition OF clover can
not be satisfactorily determined for the
whole country. but the change in the prin-
cipal states have been reported. As re-
CARDS acreage Michigan and Iowa report
an increase OF per cent. As TO condition,
almost the whole principal clover states
fall considerably below their ten-year
averages, Ohio being % points below.
The reports as to peaches and apples
are unusually favorable.
GOVERNMENT COTTON REPORT.
Washington. June 1.-THE statistician
OF the department Of agriculture estim-
atesthe total area planted in cotton AT
.. 55S. oe0 acres, an increase of 2,036. 900
acres. or ST per cent, over the productive
area Of last year. He estimates the in
crease Al : per cent in South Carolina and
Alabama, per cent in Texas and Georgia
I Q per cent in Louisiana and Tennessee. ID
per cent in North Carolina Mississippi
T ana 3IkdIlSaSr 10 ktE AttlA itA AiA-A4oA NGA
ritorv is per cent in Oklahoma. = per
cent in Virginia and q per cent in Ms
souri, In aeneral. the increase has been
+ restricted by scarcity OF labor. the high
price az seed. the enlarged area In fall
sovn crops and in certain sections by ex-
cepuonal1 urfavorable weather condi-
tio1- Along the northern border OF the
cotton belt. land from which wheat has
been harvested Is being hllrriedly planted
+ IN cotton. bat the amount is relatively
incousiderablc and allowance hss beer
made t5r Il in the estimate.
! The average condition Of the growing
/ crop on June l was SIS. IS c0mpa rec
irth 81 On June 1 Of last year. So al th'
I corresponding date fl 1865 and ST.. th'
r1eau Of the June averages or the las
ten years \ condition II S2-5 S. vith ont
, exception. the lowest June condition Il
twenty years The condition IN Texas I.
Z. THIS being the lowest June condition
reported from that state in tweuty-fiv,
wears. and x points below the tea-yesl
average. South Carolins. Alabama an'
Tennessee are two points and MISSISSIPPI
ard Florida three points and oze point
respectiveIy. below tAcir ter-yesr ever
sges On the eths- hsn5. Louisiana -
ports one point North Carolina t~7 poinr
sd Geo-Eia ard ArEas-s- three point
s1ove heir ten-ves- ave-ase-
Eve-y important section of the ni-
prin c'9a' cotton states together With ok
I.h1Hs and Indian territory, has tee'
visited r. special agents O. ne dep =
naent NlLhin ths LAST thvee week. ani n
results ostse'r investigations az er.ho3ie.
lrthe rresSn, report This work VII ,
oontls1 thFoue hoat fhs entire erowin.
season and should any mobilization - N
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