The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-06-16
CROPS OF THE COUNTRY.
Monthly Report OF the Agricultural.
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MlOMthly Report ofthc
Department.
Washington, June 13.+-The monthly
report of the statistician5 of the de-
partment OF agriculture states that
as~aassresult of o. special investigation
relative to the winter wheat acreage
plowed up or cut for forage, the de.
partment estimates thar the area re.
naming under cultivation has been
further reduced by 1,e76,odo acres;
the area abandoned, in addition to
that announced May 40, comprising
$4,000 acres in Ohio, 10000 acres in
Michigan, 100000 acres in Indiana,
4 5000 acres in Illinois, and $4,000
acres in California. This brings the
area in winter wheat remaining under
cultivation IN June 4, doWn5to 24,90S,-5i
600 acres, n reduction from the areas
shown in the fall of 5,240,000 acres.
Notwithstanding this further reduc
ton of acreage by the elimination Of
all land entirely abandoned, the con-
ditionS of winter wheat declined dur
ing May 6.5lper cent, the. condition on
June i being S2.7 per. cent, against $50
per cent on May 4, 67.3 per cent on
june 1, 1899, and a ten-year average
of S0.7 per cent. 6
Primary reports from the. spring
wheat acreage indicnte a reduction OF
about 567, 900 acres, r 30 per cent.
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Oregon res
port q reduction of 4 per cent, North
Dakota and Nebraska Of S per cent,
and Iowa of 8 per cent. In South Da-
kotn and Washington there is an in
crease of 1 per cent.
The average condition of spring
wheat on June 1 was S7.3 per cent, as
compared with Ola per cent on June
i, 1900.
The total reported acreage in oats
year by 80 per cent. There is an in
crease of 16 per cent in Ohio, as per
cent in Indiana, per cent in New
York, ) per cent in Pennsylvania and
Wisconsin and 1 per cent in Mime
sofa, Kansas and Nebraska. In no
state having 100000 acres or up
wards in oats is there 4 reduced acre
age, except in Iowa, where the shrink
age is too insignificant to call for
comment.
The average condition of oats is OIL
per cent, against Ss.7 per cent on June
1, 1899, 96 per cent Mt the correspond
ing date in 1898 and a ten-year aver
age of 1913 per cent.
The acreage reported as under bnr-
ley is siN-tenths of per cent greater
than the area harvested last year.
There is IN increase of 4 per cent i'll
California and Kansas, of 5 per cent in
South Dakota and of 1per cent inNew
York. On the other hand, there is q
decrease of 4 per cent in Wisconsin
and Iowa, and of 1 per cent in South
Dakota, with a very slight reduction
also in Minnesota.
The average condition of rye is s7.6
per cent, MS compared with S0.5 per
cent on June 1, 1890, and a ten-year
average of 800 pei, cent.
The acreage and condition of clover
for the country as a whole cannot be
satisfactorily determined, but the
changes in the principal states have
been reported.
AS regards acreage, Michigan and
Iowa reported III. increase of 5 per
cent and Illinois OF 10 per cent, while
n decrease ofs4 per cent is reported
from Pennsylvania, ofS9 per cent from
Missouri, of 10 per cent from Mime
sofa, of 21 percent from Ohio, OF Ii
per cent from Wisconsin and of % per
cent from Indiana. AS to condition,
almost all the principal clover states
fall considerably below their ten-year
averages.
The reports as to peaches and up.
pies are unusually favorable.