Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-12
HEAVY LOSSES IN WHEAT.
Monthly Report States that Area is Reduced b
i,676,OOO Acres,
states where IL Comes Goyernment
Statistics on wheat, Oats, Dar-
ley, Rye aud clover

Washington. June 1.-THE monthly
report Of the staNsucians Of the depart
ment Of agriculture states that
as result Of the special
investigation relative 20 the vim
ter wheat acreage plowed up or cut for
forage, the departments estimate Of the
area remaining under cultivation has
been further reduced by l,G1Go0O acres
the area abandoned. in addition 10 that
announced May 10th, comprising $4,000
acres In Ohio $4,000 acres In Michigan,
100000 acres in Indiana. 5000 acres in
Illinois and 44S000 acres IN California.
This brings the area OF winter wheat re-
naming under cultivation on June 1st
down to 2i.9OSOOO acres, a reduction
from the area sown in the fall Of $780,
600 acres. Notwithstanding the further
reductions OF acreage by the elimination
OF an land entirely abandoned. the con-
ditiOu Of winter wheat declined during
May 90 points. the condition on June !,
being S21 against $50 on May I, 613 on
June /, 1899. s0S at the corresponding
date in 1888 and ten year average OF
SO.7
Preliminary reports on the spring
wheat acreage indicate a reduction of
about $4,000 acres of 20 per cent Mime
sofa, Wisconsin and oregon report a
reduction Of four per cent, North Da-
wota and Nebraska five per cent and
Iowa six per cent. In South Dakota
and Washington there Is an increase of
one FER cent. The average condition OF
spring wheat on June lst was S1.3 as
compared with 9l4 on June l. 1899. 1908
at the corresponding date In 1895 and a
ten year average OF SO. Minnesota falls
TO- North Dakota II; South Dakota II
and Wisconsin 3 points below their
respective tcn-year averages.
on the other hand the ten-year aver
ages ere exceeded I'm Nebraska. Iowa.
Oregon and Washington By l51, four
and nine points respectively.
The total report acreage in oats ex-
ceeds the average harvested last year
by 3.9 per cent There Is an Increase in
l6 per cent In Ohio. rs per cent in In
diana per cent in New York. per
cent In Pennsylvania and Wisconsin,
and j per cent In Minnesota. Kansas
and Nebraska. In no State having
100000 acres or upwards In oats Is
there a reduction IN acreage, except In
Iowa. where the shrlnkage is too insig-
nificant 10 cali FOR comment.
The average condition OF oats Is 9l.7
against SS7 on June /. 1899, IS at the
corresponding date in 1898. and ten-
year average OF Sg.S. OF the States hav-
ing 100000 or upwards IN oats, Illinois.
Iowa. Kansas and Nebraska. report
conditions 9. 9. 10 and l6 points above
their ten-year average. while New York,
Pennsylvania. Ohio Indiana. Wlscon-
sin and Minnesota report j. s. a. g. s
and 10 points respectively below the
mean Of their June averages for the
last ten years.
The acreage reported as under barley
Is siS-tenths Of one per cent greater
than the area harvested last year
There Is an increase OF four per cent
In California and Kansas. of three per
cent IN South Dakota and OF one per
cent In New York. on the other hand
there Is a decrease OF four per cent in
Wisconsin and Iowa and Of one per cent
In North Dakota, with a slight reduc-
ton also In Minnesota. The average
condition Of harley is S6.2. against gi4
on June l. 1899: 7SS al the correspond
AAAe ANAN ~ N'NNH NNNiN IT. WHY fAl NNNAAkN
Of $50. The ten-year averages are eX-
ceeded by 10 Joints in Kansas and in
Iowa, while they are fallen short of
by s points In Wisconsin and South
Dakota: In Minnesota. Is IN North Da
okta and in California The condition
In New York corresponds exactly with
the States ten-year average
The acreage under rye shows reduc-
ton OF al per cent from that harvested
last year OF the two principal rye
growing States. New York and Penn
sylvania. the former shows "a shrink
age OF per cent and the latter an in
crease OF 10 per cont. the enlarged
breadth IN Pennsylvania being account
ed for by throwing I'm spring rye
some thousands Of acres sown last fan
20 winter wheat and since plowed up on
account OF winter killing Wisconsin
reports a decrease OF per cent Kansas
10 points, and Iowa IL, these being the
only ether States having 100000 acres or
upward In rye.
The average condition Of rye is S7.6.
as compared with M5 on June J. 1899.
ST. at the corresponding date in 1895
and a ten-year average OF S99
The acreage and condition of clover
for the country az a whole cannot be
satisfactorily determined. but the
changes In the principal States have
been reported As regards acreage
Michigan and Iowa reports an increase
OF per cent and Illinois Of Is per cent,
while a decrease Of 4 per cent Is re-
ported from Pennsylvania. 9 per cent
from Missouri, 10 per cent from Mime
sofa, II from Wisconsin. q per cent
from Ohio and % per cent from lnd.
ana. As 20 condition. almost all the
principal clover States fell considerably
below their ten-year averages. Ohio be-
lng q points below, Indiana 20. Wis
consin Is. Minnesota, %. Pennsylvania
"a, Illinois, Missouri. 4 and Iowa I below.
Michigan with ] above. Is a conspicuous
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