The evening times., 1900-09-11
MONTHLY CROP REPORT.
Slight Decline in the Condition o.
Cereals During August.

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The monthly report of John Hyde, Sta
tistieian of the Department of Agricul-
ture, states that the average condition of
corn on September l was 80.6. There was
| decline during August amounting to G.9
points. and heccnditon on the first OF the
present month was 4.6 points lower than
on September l, 1883, 30 points lower than
at the corresponding date in 1898 and Ii
point below the mean OF the September
averages fer the last ten years. The de-
cline during August amounted to l point
| in Iowa and Texas. in Illinois and Ken
! lucky, J in Ohio, 10 in Tennessee, y in
Nebraska, 15 in Pennsylvania and Mis-
souri,, and 16 in Kansas. Notwithstanding
| the general decline, several important
| corn States still report a condition con-
| siderably above their respective ten-year
averages. such excess amounting to y
| points in Illinois. ii in Ohio, Is in Indiana,
and % in Iowa. On the other hand, Penn
sylvania, Tennessee, Kansas, and Texas
report 10, 10, 10, and points below their
respective ten-year averages.
| The condition at harvest of winter and
! spring wheat combined was 69.6, against
! 709 On yeptenber l. 1899, S6.7 at the cor
respoD ling date in 1898, and S0.9 the mean
| OF the September averages for the last ten
! years. fhe conditions in Missouri, Kan
! sas, and Texas are Is, 32, and 20 points
! above the respective tenyear averages.
On the other hand, Illinois and Iowa are
/ l. Wisconsin s, Nebraska and Washington
| I, Pennsylvania 10, California 49, Mime
| sofa "a. South Dakota and Oregon 26.
| Michigan 43. Indiana 40. North Dakota 81,
| and Ohio 60 points below their respective
| ten-year averages
! no nF whom haT-
vested S2.9, against So on August 1,
| 1900; S7-2 on September /, 1893: - at the
! corresponding date In 1898, and 1913, the
| mean OF the September averages for the
| last ten years. Since August /, there has
| been a decline ot l point in New York,
| Pennsylvania. and Illinois. points i'll
| Iowa and Missouri. points in Michigan.
| and 10 points in Nebraska. On the other
| hand, there has been an improvement OF
! l point in Wisconsin ana Kansas, and OF
| 1 points in Minnesota. with no appreciabie
| change in Ohio and Indiana. or the States
| having 1000. 900 acres or upward in oats,
| New York reports ,, Pennsylvania 3, Ne
! braska s. Wisconsin 9, and Minnesota %
! points below their respective ten-year av>
erages. while Iowa reports s. Ohio 10, In
diana Z. Illinois 19, and Kansas p points
! above their respective ten-year averages.
The average condition OF barley when
! harvested was 70.7. against lis on Au-
gust / 1900; S5T on September l. 1899; 49,
| AT the corresponding date in 1898 ard 83.9,
| the mean of the September averages for the
last ten years. Since August l, the condi-
tion of barley has improved l point in New
York and Minnesota. points in Wiscun
sin end il South Dakota II has lie
| clined l point in North Dakota. Iowa. and
! Kansas, and 5 points in California. In
! New York and Iowa the condition at har-
vest corresponded with the ten-year aver
ages, in Kansas it was II points above
F-s1
| South Dakota. Minnesota, and North Dako-
| ia it was 10. H. II, 20, and 50 points be-
| low
| The condition at harvest of winter and
spring rye combined was $40. against So
on September J. 1899. Sg4 at the CORE
| spending date in 1898, and S6.5 the mean
of the September average for the last ten
years. Kansas is the only State having
10G 900 acres or upward in rye reporting q
| condition exceeding its ten-year average
The average condition OF buckwheat on
September l was sos as compared with
| SO on August /. 1900, 75.2 on SeptemDer
l. 1889, SIS at the corresponding date Il
1898, and S6.3 the mean OF the September
averages for the last ten years. In New
York and Pennsylvania, which together
produce about Gve-seyenths of the entire
crop, there was decline OF II points and
points, respectively. during August.
There has been general decline in the
condition of tobacco since August /, the
loss amounting TO l point in Kentucky. 1
in Ohio. in Pennsylvania and Tennessee,
Q in Virginia Il in Missouri 12 in North
Carolina and II in Maryland Maryland,
Ohio, kentucky, and Wisconsin still re
port 8, Il. s. and 8 points above their re-
spec1iye ten-year averages, but IN Penn
| sylvania Virginia North Carolina, Ten
nessee. and Missouri, the condition is Z.
p. %, 10, and / points below such aver
ages.
The average condition Of potatoes on
| September I was SO. against So on Au-
gust / 1900 sos on September l, 1893,
77-7 1T the corresponding date in 1898. and
| IA. the mean OF the September averages
fer the last ten years.
The whole of the thirteen States hav-
ing 1G,G GOO acres or upward in sweet po-
! ta toes at the eleventh census. report a
decline in the condition of this crop dur
ing August The decline is most marked
in the South Atlantic States, where pro-
| tracted drought has had sc serious an
effect upon almost every product of the
soil The condition in Alabama, Texas,
Mississippi, Louisiana, New Jersey, and
Kentucky is still above the tenyear
average.
The clover seed acreage shows a cen
siderable shrinkage, only Michigan and
| Iowa, Of the States in which the pro
duction of clover seed is of more than
local Importance, reporting an incr5 a5ed
acreage. Except il the same two States.
Iowa and Michigan, the condition on
September l was below the average OF
the last eight years. the peri5d for
which statistics are available
There was an Improvement duf ing Au-
gust of 4 points in the condition OF
sugarcane in Louisiana. and il is now
Il points above the ten-year average
In the minor cane growing States there
| is a general decIine, and except in Texas
the condition is below the tsn-year
| average
The whole CT the States having 1900
acres or upward in sorghum at the elov-
| enth census, report decline in the con-
| dition of this crop during August
a decline in the condition of rice is re
ported from every rice growing State ex-
cept Louisiana. where there is no appre
ciable change. The condition in that State,
the chief seat OF the rice growing industry
is row Il points above the average OF the
series of years for which statistics are
available.
While there was decline during August
in the condition Of apples in almost every
State that makes any important eontribu-
ton 10 the apple crop of the country, the
| condition is stiIl far above the ten-year
| average in Maine. New York PennsyI-
| vania Ohic Michigan. Illinois, Iowa Kan
sas. and North Carolina, ali leading apple
producing states.
The peach crops of North Carolina South
| Carolina Mississippi, and Tennessee are
double the year average, those of Vir-