Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-11
share in this impairment of condition, Ohio
and Indiana falling to 25 and Michigan to

anu lnuldna 1alllnS TO 70 and Michigan to
The average condition of spring wheat Is
boz as compared with S7.3 one month ago,
9l7 on July l. 1889: % at the correspond
| ing date in 1898. and a ten-year average of
SD The condition in Minnesota has fallen
| to As, in South Dakota to A, and in North
Dakota to 30. these figures being A, 45 and
go points, respectively below the ten-year
averages for the states named. The north
western states have been visited by spe-
cial agent of the department within the
last ten days and the reports of the depart
ments regular correspondents are fully
confirmed. In Minnesota and North Dako-
Ia the condition of oats, barley, rye pas
lures and meadow lands is, like that of
| spring wheat, the lowest on record
The condition of spring and winter wheat
combined on July was COS, against 76.2 on
July l, 1879, and s94 at the corresponding
The amount of wheat remaining in the
hands of farmers on July 1 is estimated at
about 51000.O00 bushels, or the equivalent
OF 9.3 per cent of the crop of 1899.
Condition of Oats.
The average condition of the oat crop is
$50, as compared with OIL one month ago
so on July I, 1892 92S at the corresponding
date in 1898, and a ten-year average of s7.3
The average condition of barley is 1913 as
against So one month ago, 90 on July l.
1899; s57 at the corresponding date in 1898
ana ten-year average of SS.3 All the
principal barley states show a decline dur
ing the month and their averages of condi-
ton are all below the respective ten-year
averages.
The average condition of winter rye is
$40, as compared with SS.3 on July 1. 1899
93S at the corresponding date in 1898, and
a ten-year average of S9.5 While the two
principal rye producing states-New York
and Pennsylvania-show an improved con-
ditton, as compared with June l. they still
fall points below their respective ten
year averages.
The average condition Of spring rye is
60! as compared with S9.7 on July 1. 1899,
.69 at the corresponding date in 1895 and
a ten-year average of sos.
Increased Acreage of Potatoes.
There Is an indicated increase of some
10000 acres or IL per cent. In acreage in
potatoes with condition on July 1 of 91.o,
as compared with a ten-year average of
a2. The sweet potato reports are highly
favorable, Texas being the only important
pl oducer that reports condition even
slightly below its ten-year average.
The condition of tobacco is points above
the ten-year average in Kentucky Vir-
ginia and Ohio. and points above in Mary
land On the other hand, it is ) points be-
low in Tennessee 3 below in Pennsylvania
and below in Wisconsin, while the re-
port from North Carolina corresponds eX-
actly with the ten-year average for that
state.
Reports on the hay crop are in the main
unfavorable there are few important graz
ing states in which the condition of pas
lures is not considerably below the ten
year average.
While there has been general Cecline in
the condition Of apples, almost every i'm
portant apple-growing state has the prom
Use of more than an average crop. This is
also true of peaches and of grapes.
The wool report indicates the average
weight per fleece as being 617 pounds, as
against 500 pounds in 1899.