New-York tribune., 1900-08-11
CONDITION or THE CROPS.
AUGUST REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE.


Ss.2; timothy hay. 1913
! The average condition of declined points
in July. and on August was "a points lower than
ct the corresponding date last year. but 90 point
/ higher than August 1. 1898. and 13 points ABOVE
the mean of the August averages for the last ten
| years The conditions In the principal States are
follows Ohio and Indiana 9S; Illinois 96; Iowa,
! 1O5 Missouri. 80; Kansas. II Nebraska. So In July
| there Improvement of points in Ohio,
! in Indiana in Illinois and in Iowa On the
! other hand. there a decline of points in Mis-
! souri,. S In Nebraska and % in Kansas.
! The average condition of spring wheat improved
1.2 points in July, but August It was 272
points lower than al the corresponding date last
year, 4O1 points lower than on August l. lSsS and
! 2LS points below the mean of the August averages
for the years. The conditions In the prin-
! cipal States follows Minnesota. So; North
! Dakota. %; South Dakota 49, Nebraska, 81; Iowa.
! 81. In July there Improvement OF 10 points
! in Minnesota. points I'm South Dakota and
point Iowa. ON the other hand. there was de-
! cline of points in North Dakota and of points
/ in Nebraska.
| The average condition of oats declined % point
! I'm July. and August / IL was 5S points lower
than at the corresponding date last year, but OS
/ point higher than August l. 1885, and 27 points
/ above the of the August averages for the
last ten years The conditions in the principal
States are as follows: New York So; Pennsylvania,
81; Ohio 80; Michigan. 101; Indiana. 81; Illinois, 81
Wisconsin. Il; Minnesota. 81 Iowa 30; Missouri.
100: Kansas 81; Nebraska, rs In July there was
improvement of points in Ohio and Michigan
OF points In Wisconsin in Minnesota and In
| Illinois There was decline OF points In Penn
sylvanIa ; in Indiana and Kansas in Iowa and
y in Nebra Ska while New-Yoriz and Missouri re-
port change.
The proportion of the crop of last year still
I'm the hands of farmers IS estimated at 6S per
cent as compared with SO per cent of the crop Of
1898 in farmers hands year ago and Ga per
cent Of the crop of 1897 in farmers hands two
years ago.
The average condition of barley declined points
I I'm Julv nd on / % points lower than
at the corresponding date last year IL points lower
than on August I, 1898 and 1871 points below the
mean of the August averages of The last ten years
The conditions in the principal States are as fol-
lows: California IS: Iowa 81: Minnesota. 60; Wis
consin TO- North Dakota, IS; South Dakota, ~;
Kansas T6 and New-York so. In July there Oas
an improvement of points in South Dakota and
q decline of points in California, 3 IN Iowa 3 In
Minnesota Wisconsin and North Dakota, 10 in
Kansas and 2 in New-York.
The average condition of spring improved 63
points in July, but August l it was 13 points
lower than at the corresponding date last year,
III points lower than on August l. 1898. and 1919
points below the of the August averages for
the last years. The conditions in the principal
States follows: Wisconsin ~; Iowa, 81;
Nebraska. "A. and Minnesota, 64. In July there
was an improvement of IS poiats in Wisconsin and
21 points in Minnesota and a decline of points in
Iowa and points in Nebraska.
Preliminary returns indicate a decrease OF about
81 acres As per cent, in the acreage in buck
wheat as compared with last year. OF this shrink
age 1000 represent the reduction in New
York and Pennsyly ania, which together produce
twc-thlrds of the total buckwheat crop of the
country. The average condition of buckWheat is
53 points lower than at the corresponding date
last year. and 30 points below the of the
August averages for the last ten years. The
ditions in the principal States follows New
York 91; Pennsylvania. 81; Wisconsin, 81; Maine
90 Michigan. 92; West Virginia. a. Iowa. "a. and
Minnesota, so.
The average condition of potatoes declined 81
points in July On August l 1t As points lower
than the corresponding date last year, but 4.3
points higher than August J. 1898. The
ditions in the principal States follows:
New-York, Sc; Pennsylvania, 50; Ohio, 81; Michi-
gan, IS; Indiana, SO; Illinois, SO; wisconsin and
Iowa, 81 Minnesota. 7S; Missouri 81; Kansas,
Sc. and Nebraska, 81 In July there inn
provement of points in Michigan. in Wiscon-
sin and IA in Minnesota On the other hand,
there decline of points in New-York and
Kansas, of II points In Pennsylvania, in Ohio 1
in Illinois. in Iowa, . in Missouri in Ne
braska, the condition in Indiana remaining
OF the thirteen principal sweet potato producing
States five report an Improvement in July and six
a decline, the condition remaining unchanged in
Preliminary returns indicate reduction of 5.s
per cent in the hay acreage OF the fourteen
States moving one million acres upward last
The condition Of timothy hay is IS noints lover
than 1T the corresponding date last wear 1914 points
lower than on August l. ISDS and - points be-
low the mean of the August average for the last
The he reports as to the production of clover are.
on the whole, unfavorable the percentages in the
being as follows: NeW-York II: Pennsvlvanta van *:
WseoGs q oR6 g. Io%a s S' in @4Is poh Of S
quality the crop compares mfavorably with that
Of last year as also With the ten year averages
in all but some two or three of the principal clover
producing States.
In July the changes in the condition of the to-
hacco crop We're almost wholly unfavorabIe. Vir-
glnia reporting a decline of 20 points: North Caro-
Ina 10 points; PENNSYLVANIA, {; Missouri 1: Mary
land and tennessee, 2 and Kentucky, l. In Ohio
the crop about held its own and in Wisconsin
there improvement of 10 points
The condition Of sugar cane in Louisiana is with
In points OF the normal is q points higher
h @ ON aaS An$uSt as' ysaT ana points above
ditions reported from all the other States that
Of Mississippi, the product OF which is inconsdera-
bic. Kansas being the only important State i'm
which the condition falls below that of August /
1899, or the mean Of the averages of the last ten
years.
The average condition of cotton on August was
76 as compared with 1873 on July l. 19OO "a on Au-
gust !. 1899; 9l2 on August l. 1893, and 85.3 the
mean OF August averages of the last ten wears
amounting to . points in Texas and Arkansas 3
points IN Georgia, 10 in Missouri and in Tennes-
points in North Carolina: ) in South Carolina and
Indian Territory. 4 in Mississippi Louisiana and
Virginia, The Impairment OF condition is due in
the main to drouth and the continued lack of prop
where heavy and continuous rains have wrought
serious injury to the growing crop.
above the States ten year average every other
State still reports condition below such average
Tennessee 10. Georgia Il. South Carolina and VIr'
ginia II, Florida 10. Alabama p and Mississippi
The averages of the different States on August
were follows Virginia. II; North Carolina so:
bama, 67; Mississippi. co; Louisiana a: Texas 81,
Arkansas. 49, Tennessee, n; Missouri, "a: Okla
some abandonment of land planted to cotton but
the area abandoned is somewhat less than was