Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-11
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT.
Average Cond1tion of Corn shows
Uecline-Onts and Other Grops.

Average Condition OF Corn shows
Decline-Oatsa aud other crops.
Washington. Oct. 1.-THE monthly re-
port of the statistician of the depart
ment of agriculture shows the average
of corn on Oct. / to have been 1872, as
compared with sos last month, S2.2 on
oct. j, 1899, and 81, the mean of October
tor the last ten years. While the de-
cline during September was not serious
lit extended to almost every important
corn growing state, the crops OF Ohio
Missouri Nebraska and Virginia alone
holding their own. There was a decline
OF | point in Indiana. ) points in Illi-
neis, Kansas and Texas, and points in
Iowa.
The preliminary estimate Of the yield
per acre of oats is 900 bushels, as COM
pared with 3o.7 bushels last year. and
a ten-years average OF 26.2 bushels. Of
the states having 100000 acres or up
ward in oats OHIO and Illinois show an
average WELD per bushel OF IS bushels
IeWa "a bushels, Indiana 3322.1, Wisconsin
50. Kansas ZIG. Pennsylvania Bill New
York 80 Minnesota 25.2 and Nebraska.
21.S bushels The average for quality is
sa.22, against ss5 last year and 1913 in
1898. The preliminary> estimate Of the
yield per acre Of barley is 20.4 bushels.
as compared with 25.5 bushels last year
| and a ten-year average of 23.5 bushels.
1.-THE present indicated yield is the low
Fest, with one exception. since 1857. 1t is
due mainly toti!e low yield of 1851 bush.
| els per acre in California. The average
4 for quality is S2.1. as against 1874 last
L year and 900 in 1895.
4 The preliminary estlmatesof the yield
.lper acre of rye is ll.1 bushels as com
pared With 14.4 bushels last year and a
lten-year average Of II bushels. The
Isaverage for quality is 80, as against 80
last year and 9o.2 in 1898
The average condition of buckwheat
or Oct. was 72.s. as compared with
1 I0.2 On Oct J. 1899. and So the mean
i for October averages for the last ten
4 years.
The average condition Of potatoes on
loot. ] was 14.4, as compared with Oct.
IA, 1899. and a ten-year average of TAI
In the condition of tobacco there has
Ibeen a decline of point in Kentucky,
II points in North Carolina and points
i'm Virginia, Maryland and Missouri,
4 Ohio and Wisconsin reporting an inn
Iprovenent Of 3 points and points re-
5lspectively. while in Tennessee and
1 Pennsylvania there is no appreciable
lchange
i The sugar cane crop of Louisiana
maintains its highest condition OF last
month, l01. In all other states in which
this product is raised on any CONNER
icial scale there has been an impairment
lnf condition since Sept. /, except in Ala
bama and Mississippi. where the crop
!. has about held its.own. There has been
la general decline in the condition Of APP
lples but In many of the principal grow
ling states the condition is still consid-
A erably above the ten-year average and
lin none of them, except Indiana and
i Kentucky. IS ii much below. decline
4 in the condition of rice is everywhere
4 reported. but in Louisiana, the state OF
4 principal productions the condition Is
4, lstill high. being 100. or thirteen points
above the average. The estimated av-
erage yield of hops. in pounds per acre
lis | 800 in Washington. 1.120 in Oregon
A 4 200 in California and 595 in New York
4 In the first two mentioned the yield is
J. slightly above the average of a series Of
4 years. No further report on wheat viii
be issued pending the receipt of the an.
Z. nual returns of Individual producers
/ and the final reports Of the depart.
nent's special agents
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