The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-12

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erages for the last ten years. The de-
cline during August amounted to point
in Iowa and Texas, in Illinois and Ken
lucky, in Ohio, 10 in Tennessee, II in
Nebraska, Is in Pennsylvania and Mis-
souri, and Is in Kansas. notwithstanding
the general decline, several important
corn states still report a condition consid-
| erably above their respective ten year
averages, such excess amounting 70 !:
points in Illinois. II in Ohio. Is in Indiana
and % in Iowa On the other hand Penn
sylvania, Tennessee, Kansas and Texas
report TO- 10, 10 and 8 points below their
respective ten year averages.
The condition at harvest of winter and
spring wheat combined was 6e.3 against
100 on September 1. 1899, S67 at the cor
responding date in 1898 and 500 the mean
of the September averages for the last
ten years.
The conditions in Missouri, Kansas
and Texas are IS, 80 and &c points above
the respective ten-year averages. On the
other hand Illinois and Iowa are l, Wis
consin s, Nebrasa and Washington Z,
Pennsylvania Is, California, Is, Minneso-
ia "A, South Daota and Oregon 26 Mich
igan 43, Indiana 40, North Daota 81 and
Ohio 60 points below their respective ten
year averages.
The average condition of cats when har-
vested was S2.e, against IS on August l,
1890; S7.2 on September l. 1899; 10 at the
corresponding date in 1898, and 79.S the
mean of the average September average
for the last ten years. Since August
there has been a decline Of point in New
Yor, Pennsylvania and Illinois and Ii
points in Nebraska
On the other hand there has been an
improvement of 1 point in Wisconsin and
Kansas and of points in Minnesota
with no appreciate change in Ohio and
Indiana OF states having 100000 acres
or upward in oats New York reports q
Pennsylvania 3, ..ebraska, 8, Wisconsin
and Minnesota 26 points below their re-
spective ten year averages, while Iowa
reports 6, Ohio 10, Indiana r. Illinois 10
and Kansas "a points above their respec-
tive ten-year averages.
The average condition of barley when
harvested was 707 against 1905 on August
l, 1899; 1872 at the corresponding date in
1898 and 1873, the mean of September aver
y
the condition of barley has improved /
point in New Yor and Minnesota points
in Wisconsin and in South Daota. 1t
has declined l point in North Dakota,
Iowa and Kansas and points in Califor-
MIA. In California and Iowa the condqi-
tons at harvest correspondent with the
ten-year averages; in Kansas it was II
points above such average, and in Cali
fornia, Wisconsin, South Daota, Mime
sofa and North Daota it was 10, IA, II, &c
and SO points below.
The condition at harvest of winter
spring rye combined was S42, against 50
on September l, 1899; Ss4 at the CORE
spending date in 1885, and S65 the T. can
of the September averages for the last
ten years. Kansas is the only state hav-
ing 100000 acres or upward in reporting a
condition exceeding its ten-year average.
The average condition Of buckwheat on
September 1 was sos, as compared with
$40 on August 1. 1900; 752 on September /,
1899; SIS at the corresponding date in
1898, and S6.3 the mean of the September
averages for the last ten years.
There has been a general decline IN the
condition of tobacco on August /. TIE
average condition of potatoes on Septem-
Der was So against $50 on August l,
1900; S63 on September l, 1892 NJ at the
corresponding date in 1898 and IA, the
mean of the September averages for the
last ten years.
The clover seed acreag e shows a con-
siderable shrinage, only Michigan and
Iowa of the state in which the production
of clover seed is of more than local i'm
portance, reporting an increased acreage
A decline in the condition of rice is re-
ported from every rice growing state ex-
cept Louisiana, where there is no appre-
cable change.
While there was a decline during Au-
gust in the condition of apples in almost
every state that makes an important
contribution to the apple cvrop of the
country, the condition is still far above
the ten-year average in Maine, New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Hi
nois, Iowa. Kansas and North Carolina,
all leading apple producing states.
The peach crops of North Carolina,
South Carolina Mississippi and Tennes-
see are double the ten-year average,
those of Virginia and Georgia more than
double and those OF Texas and Alabama
nearly double. That of Arkansas is more
than 50 per cent above the ten-year aver
age. California falls points behind such
average.
There is a considerable decrease in the
number of stock hogs for fattening as
compared with the number one year ago,
but the condition as to size and weight
is considerably above the average.