The Washington weekly post., 1900-09-11
CORN CROP BELOW rne AVERAGE.
Loss OF AbsHt seven Psiais Last MsEih
The o.. 7.erumeut Repart.

that the average condition OF corn On
September a. was 500. There was decline
during August amounting To 50 points.
and TIE condition on the first Of the pres
ent month was ls points lower than on
september I. 1885. s.5 points lower than al
the corresponding date In lSsS. and IL
point below the mean Of the September
averages for the last ten years The de-
cline during August amounted 20 / point
in Iowa and Texas. IN Illinois and Ken
lucky, In Ohio, 10 in Tennessee. l. in
Nebraska, Is In Pennsylvania and Mis-
souri,, and Is IN Kansas. Notwithstanding
the general decline, several important
corn States still report a condition cOnsid-
erably above their respective ten-year ay-
erages. such excess amounting TO Il points
in Illinois, IL In Ohio. Is in Indiana. and
. In Iowa. On the other hand. Pennsyl-
Van.a. Tenness ae, Kansas, and Texas re-
port 10. 10. Is. and points below their
respective ten-year averages.
The condition at harvest of winter and
spring wheat combined was 69s. against
1o.s on September /. 1899: ss.7 at the corre-
spending date in 1s9s and 500 the mean
OF the September averages for the last
ten years. The conditions in Missouri,
Kansas, and Texas are IS. %, and IS points
above the respective ten-year averages.
On the other hand, Illinois and Iowa are
l. Wisconsin s. Nebraska and Washington
7. Pennsylvania Is, California IS, Mime
sofa "A, South Dakota and Oregon Is,
Michigan 43. Indiana 49, North Dakota 81.
and Ohio 50 points below their respective
ten-year averages.
The average condition of oats when har-
vested was s29. against - on August l,
llfls 81 "a "a at the
corresponding date in 1898, and 79.S the
mean of September averages for the last
ten years. Since August there has been
decline of point in New York, Pennsyl-
vania. and Illinois, points in Iowa and
Missouri, points In Michigan. and is
points in Nebraska. On the other hand,
there has been an Improvement OF / point
in Wisconsin and Kansas and of points
in Minnesota, with no appreciable change
in Ohio and Indiana. OF the States hav-
ing 100000 acres or upward in oats, New
York reports ?, Pennsylvania 3, Nebraska
8, Wisconsin 3. ard Minnesota % points
below their respective ten-year averages,
while Iowa reports 6. Ohio 10, Indiana T.
Illinois 10, and Kansas "a points above
their respective ten-year averages.
The average condition of barley when
harvested was 707, against 716 on August
/, 1900; S67 on September l, 1899; 79.2 at
the corresponding date in 1898. and S.9
the mean of the September averages for
the last ten years. Since August l the
condition of barley has improved ] point
in New York and Minnesota. points in
Wisconsin, and in South Dakota. 1t has
declined 1 point in North Dakota, Iowa,
and Kansas. and 3 points in California.
In New York and Iowa the condition az
harvest coTTespOnded with the ten-year
averages; in Kansas il was II points above
such average. and in California, Wis
cOnsin, South Dakota, Minnesota. aad
North Dakota It was 10, H. II, 20, and 50
points below.
The condition at harvest of winter and
spring rye combined was S42. against 50
on September /, 1880; S9.4 az the corre-
spending date in 1898, and S65, the mean
Of the September averages for the last
ten years. Kansas is the only State hav-
ing 100000 acres or upward I'm rye. report
ing condition exceeding its ten-year ay-
erage.
The average condition of buckwheat on
September l was sos. as compared with
8.9 on August l, 1900; 75.2 on September /.
1883; SIS at the corresponding date in 1895,
and S6.3. the mean of September averages
for the last ten years. In New York and
Pennsylvania, which together produce
about tive-sevenths of the entire crop,
there was a decline of II points and .
points respectively, during August.
There has been d general decline in the
condition of tobacco since August |, the
loss amounting TO l point In Kentucky:
in Ohio; in Pennsylvania and Tennes-
see; 3 in Virginia; IL in Missouri: II in
North Carolina and In
land, Ohio, Kentucky, and Wisconsin still
report 3, II, 8, and points above their re-
spective ten-year averages, but in Penn
sylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Ten
nessee, and Missouri the condition is l2
p, TO- and points below such averages.
The average condition of potatoes on
September l was 80 against SS2 on Au
gust ], 1900; 66.3 on September l. 1899: III
at the corresponding date in 1898, and ia.
the mean of the September averages for
the last ten years.
The whole of the ten States having 10
VO acres or upward in sweet potatoes at
the eleventh census report a decline in the
condition of this crop during August The
decline is most marked in the South At
ianuc states, where pTotracted drought
has had so 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 ten-year average
The clover seed acreage shows a eo.-
siderable shrinkage, only Michigan and
Iowa, of the States in which the produc-
tion Of clover seed is of more than local
Importance, reporting an increased acre
age. Except in the same two States. Iowa
and Michigan. the condition on September
l was below the average of the last eight
years, the period for which statistics are
available
There is an improvement during August
of four points in the condition of sugar
cane in Louisiana, and it is now eleven
points above the ten-year average. In
the minor cane-growing States there is a
general decline, and except in Texas the
condition Is below The ten-year average.
The whole of the States having 159D0
acres or upward in sorghum at the elev-
enth census report decline in the eondi-
tion of this crop during August
A decline in the condition of rice is re-
ported from every rice-growing State. cK-
Cept Louisiana. where there is no appre-
cable change. The condition in that
State, the chief seat of the rice-growing
industry Is now thirteen points above the
average of the series of years for which
statistics are available.
While there was decline during Au-
gust in the condition of apples in almost
every State thai ..iSkes any important
contribution to the apple crop Of the
country, the condition is still far above
the ten-year average In Maine. New York
Pennsylvania. Ohio. Michigan. Illinois
Iowa Kansas and North Carolina all
leading apple producing States. The peach
crops of North Carolina, South Carolina,
Mississippi, and Tennessee are double tine
ten-year average, these Of Virginia and
Georgia more than double. and those OF
Texas and Alabama nearly double. That
of Arkansas is more than 30 per cent
eboye the ten-year average. California