The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-04-13
FARMING STATISTICS
Condition of Wheat and Mortality
Among Animals.
TO RELIEVE midas SUFFERERS.
A Large supply OF Food Awaiting Trans
portation by the Navy Department
orders to secure Tenders from
Owners Of Vessels.

orders TO secure TENDERS from
Owners Of Vessels.
Washington, April 1.-THE April
report of the statistician of the de-
partment of agriculture will show the
average conditions of winter wheat
on April to have been S2.1, against
77.9 on April /, 1899, S6.7 on April ],
1898, and tcn-year average OF SIS.
While the ravages of the lcssian fly
in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana will
probably result in not one Of these
three states producing more than half
crop, an exceptionally high con
dition is reported from the winter
wheat states west of the Mississippi
river and from the Pacific coast, the
principal averages are as follows:
Pennsylvania, ~; Ohio, Az; Michigan,
81; Indiana, 81; Illinois, IS. Missouri,
81; Kansas, 90; Texas, 1O1; Oklahoma,
90; Washington, 100; Oregon, 100, and
California 30.
The percentage of mortality among
farm animals during the year ending
March 81, 1900, was not only below
that of last year, but was also below
the ten and 15year averages. or horses,
Is per cent. are reported as hav-
ing died from disease, against 2.3 per
cent. the preceding year, and ten
year average of 10 per cent. OF cat
tie, a mortality of IL from winter eN-
posture and of 30 per cent. from dis
ease is reported, against 2.2 per cent.
from exposure and 2.03 per cent. from
disease the preceding year, and 1.6
from exposure and is per cent. from
disease as the ten year averages. Of
sheep, the deaths from exposure
amounted to is per cent. and those
from disease to 2 per cent, against
3.5 per cent. from exposure and 2.1
per cent. from disease the preceding
| year, and 2.6 per cent. and 2.3 per
cent. the respective ten-year averages
No estimate of the number of swine
on January 1, last, having been made
| by the department, the rate of NOR
| tally for the country at larE,
cannot be determined. OF the II
/ principal states. however. ~ re
: port mortality below that o
last year; i'm Texas the rat,
is unchanged, and only in Nortl
Carolina, Georgia. Alabama and Ar
kansas is it even slightly higher thar
in 1s9s-90. Only in five states con
tanning an aggregate of less than /,
100000 head of swine. is the mortalit!
reported above the ten-year average.
To Relieve India's sufferers.
Washington, April 1.-THE navy dc
partment is doing all in its powe
to relieve the ADMINISTRATOR peopl
of India. DR.. Lewis Klepsch, of tn
Christian Herald, has notified the de
partment that he has succeeded il
collecting large supply of foodstuffs
mainly corn, for the famine sufferers
and has appealed to the department
to transport the supply to India. MI
Charles Pepper was at the navy dc
partment yesterday to urge speed
action in the matter and met wit
success. In view Of the recent d,
cision of the comptroller of the treas
ury that the uneNpcnded amount O
the sum appropriated by congress i
1897 to charter two vessels to carr
foodstuils to India was available Use,
rotary Hay having decided that til
present famine was continuatio
Of that of 1870, Judge Advocate Len
ly yesterday telegraphed Pay Directc
Deniston, in charge Of the naval pa
Office at New York, to proceed wit
dispatch to ascertain the terms upo
which he could charter a vessel I
carry out to India the foodstuf
which had been collected at Ne
York. He was told to secure tender
from owners of both steamships an
sailing vessels, though probably
steamer is preferred. DIR. Klopsch a
so was telegraphed to put himself
communication with the pay officer
order to forward the work.