The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-11
n: ]i OF AGRICULTURE.

DEPARTMENT: OF AGRICULTURE
Gives Out Some Statistics on the Crop
Conditions Of the country-Wheat
In Bad shape-corn Better Than
Last Year-Hay Crops Un I:Ea''sa-
able. e
WASHINGTON, D. c., July lo.-Pr ef
liminary returns to tie statlstician OF
the department. of agriculture on the
acreage Of corn planted indicate an in
crease OF about 100000 acres, or 10 per
cent over the acreage harvested last
year. ( OF tie twenty-five states having
one million acres or upward In corn In
1899. all but Alabama, Mississippi. Ar.
kansas. Tennessee and Kansas show an
increased acreage and the total de-
crease In the five states named ts less
than six hundred acres. The increase In
acreage Is In the main wcit distributed.
there being only ten states and terri
tories out OF the forty-flve reporting
that have not larger acreage planted
thar was harvested last year. The
average condition OF the growing crop
Is s9.5, as compared with 5e.5 on July !,
1899.
The condition OF winter wheat shows
further decline during JUNG. being SOS
on July 1, as compared with ST. on July
!. $50 on July;1. 1899.
All the important wheat states ex.
4ept Pennsylvania, Texas and Tennes-
see, share In this impairment of condi-
ton, Ohio and Indiana falling TO Is
and Michigan to 40.
Wheat Average Below Last Year.
The average condition Of spring wheat
is 55.2, as compared With S7.3 one month
ago, 9l.7 on July l. 1889.
The condition In Minnesota has fallen
to IS, in South Dakota to "A, and in,
North Dakota to 80, these figures being
"A, As and 60 points, respectively, below
the ten-year averages for the states
named. In Minnesota and North Dako-
ia the condition of oats, barley, rye,
pastures and meadow lands is, like that
Of spring wheat, the lowest on record.
Condition OF spring and winter wheat
combined on July J. was 69:S, against
16.2 on July l. 1859, and s9.4 at the cor
responding dates in 1898,
The amount of wheat remaining in
the hands Of farmers on July !, is esti-
mated at about 100000 bushels. or the
equivalent of 9.3 per cent Of the crop Of
1899.
The average condition OF the oat crop
is SIS. as compared With OF one month
ago, 90 on July /. 1899.
The average condition OF barley is 1868
US against So one month ago, % on
July I, 1899. All the princlpa. barley
states show a decline during the month
and their averages OF conditions are all
below the respectiv. ten year averages.
Rye Shows Improved Condition.
The average, condition Of winter rye is 4
500, as compared with 1913 on July /,
1899. While the two principal rye pro-
ducins states, New York and Pennsyl-
rania, show an improved Condition rs
compared with June /, they still fail
seven points below their respective ten
year averages.
There is an indicated increase of some
10000 acres. or L. per cent in the acre
age In potatoes. with condition on
July l, OF al3, MS compared with ten
year average OF 1872. The sweet pota-
to reports are highly favorable, Texas
being the only producer that reports
condition even slightly below its ten
year average
The condition OF tobacco Is two points
above the ten year average in Ken
tuclsy, Virginia and Ohio, ana four
points above In Maryland. On the other
hand it Is five points below in Tenues-
see. three below in Pennsylvania. and
nine below In Wisconsin, while the re-
port from North Carolina CORRESPONDS
exactly with the ten year average for
that state.
Reports on the hay crop are in the
main unfavorahle and there are few
important grazing states In which the
condition OF pastures. Is now consider
ably below the ten year average.
Willie there has been a general de-
cline in the condition OF apples. almost
every important apple growing state
has the promise of more than an aver.
hse crop. This Is also true of peaches
and of grapes y ~
me wool report indicates the average
weight per fleece as being GIT rounds
as against SOS pounds In 1899 Ts