The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-17
REPORT OF CROPS FOR MAY.
nrpAnrMExr OF AGRICULTURE IS
Sues MONTHLY STATEMENT.
Area Of winter wheat SHOWS De
crease of $4,000, while . De-
crease II Indicated in spring Crop
An Increase In other Products.

of the monthly fcpott ". 80.
statistic.an OF tne United States depart
ment of agriculture. respecting the VIM
ter wheat, oats. barley, rye ana cioNei
acrearr of the United States. Inc re-
mort states that the area in winter "hea.
on June / was 5,24o,eoo acres less IMAM was
sown last fall. The spring wheat acr rsS,
age shows a decrease of about esi'W
acres. Tho acreage in the other proouc's
Is greater than 1t was year ago.
The report is as follows:
as a result of special investigation rel.
alive to the winter wheat acreage pIomse
up or cut for forage. the aep nnssr enl.
tivation has been further reduced y
le7s 900 acres, the area aeandoneu, III aa
dition to that announce May o ny. eo,lpi IN
Michigan, 1000 acres in Indiana, sfs,W
acres in Illinois and 44s,ooo acres In Sai-
fornia. This brings the area IN winter ,,
June down to "a aos, 600 acres, a reduc.
ton from the area sown in the 1aAl OF
5.24o, 900 acres. Mountaineering ., nr,s
further reduction OF acreage by inc ehm-
nation of all land entirely abandoned the
condition OF winter wheat declined our
ing May 60 points. the condition on June
being s27. against $50 on May !, o.'S sa oi,
June j, 1899. sos at the corresponding gate
in 1895 and ten-year average or SOL.
Condition of spring wheat.
THE preliminary reports on the spring
wheat acreage indicate a reoucuon oi
about $4,000 acres. or ~ per cent re,oT a' a
reduction of per cent, North Dako.a
and Nebraska OF per cent ana Iowa
OF per cent In south Dakota anu am.
Washington there is an increase or per
cent. vn..,
on June was s7.a. as compared with uA
on June l. 1899. 1909 at the corresponding
date in 1898, and a ten-year average Oh
ss Minnesota falls 10. North Dakota n,
South Dakota II and Wisconsin . points
On the other hand, the ten-year averages
are exceeded IN Nebraska, Iowa. oregon
and Washington by Is. /, and points
:'The total reported acreage in oats ex-
Deeds the acreage harvested last year by
50 per cent There 10 an increase or 10
per cent. in Ohio, Is per cent; IN IN
cent. in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and
/ per cent. in Minnesota, Kansas and Ne
braska- In no state having one million
acreage except in Iowa. where the shrink
ago Is too insignificant to call Tor COM
ment
oats and Barley.
THE average condition Of oats is sf.1.
against ss.7 on June !. 1899, " at the cor
rage OF ss.s. OF the states having one mil
lion acres or upward in oats. Illinois, iowa,
Kansas and Nebraska report conditions
c, g. 10 and i6 points above their ten-year
averages, while New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin and Minnesota
report !, 8, IA, 2. 6 and 10 points respectively
below the mean OF their June averages
for the last ten years.
1.-THE anreage reported az under barley
Is six-tenths of ] per cent. greater than
the area harvested last year; There Is an
Kansas, OF per cent. In South Dakota
and OF / per cent. in New York. On the
other hand. there is a decrease OF 4 per
cent in Wisconsin and Iowa and of
per cent. in North Dakota with q very
slight reduction also in Minnesota
THE average condition Of barley 10 So.
responding date in 1895, and q ten-year
average of ssh. The ten-year averages
are exceeded by 10 points in Kansas and
by points in Wisconsin and South Da-
kota In Minnesota, Is in North Dakota
and in California The condition in New
York corresponds exactly with the states
ten-year average.
Rye shows . Reduction.
The acreage under rye shows a reduce
ton OF Al per cent. from that harvested
last year. OF the two principal rye-grow-
Ing states. New York and Pennsylvania,
the former shows shrinkaSs OF per
cent and the latter an Increase of 10
per cent, the enlarged breadth In Penn
sylvania being accounted for by the SOW
ing In spring rye OF some thousands OF
acres sown last fall to winter wheat and
since plowed up on account OF winter
killing. Wisconsin reports q decrease OF
Iowa OF II per cent. these being the only
other states having 10000 acres or up
ward In rye
THE average condition of rye Is SIC.
as compared with s45 on June /, isg9, a.
at the corresponding date IN isss. and
ten-year average OF 500. The condition
neures IN New York. pennsylvania and
Wisconsin are 5. IL and 5 points below the
respective ten-year averages. while in
Iowa they are ! points and IN Kansas q
points above such averages.
The acreage and condition of clover for
the country as a whole cannot be salts
factoriiy determined, but the changes In
the principal states have been reported.
AS regards acreage. Michigan and Iowa
report increase OF per cent. and
Illinois OF 10 per cent, while a decrease
OF per cent. is reported from pennsyl-
yanis- of per cent. from Missouri, 10
per cent. from Minnesota. II per cent
from Wisconsin. n per cent from Ohio
and . per cent from Indiana As to CON-
di;ion. almost all the PRINCIPAL clover
states fall considerably below their ten
year averages, Ohio being 81 points "a
low, Indiana % Wisconsin is, Mnnesoth
q. Pennsylvania "a. Illinois 8 Missouri 4
and Iowa ! below. Michigan. with !
above, is conspicuous exception Is ths
rule.
The reports as to peaches ana apnlss
are unusually favorable"