Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-06-14
CROPS OF THE COUNTRY.
Monthly Repor. of the Agricultural,

Monthly Report of the Agricultural
Department..
+ Washington, June 1.-THE monthly
report of the statistician of the de-
partment of agriculture states that
as Il result of special investigation
relative to the winter wheat acreage
plowed up or cut for forage, the de-
partment estimates that the area re.
naming under cultivation has been
further reduced by 1,676,000 acres;
the area abandoned, in addition to
that announced May 10, comprising
ISL 90 acres in Ohio, 10000 acres in
Michigan, 100000 acres in Indiana,
34S,0O0 acres in Illinois, and 4ls,OOO
acres in California. This brings the
area in winter wheat remaining under
COO acres, u reduction from the areas
Notwithstanding this further reduce
ton of acreage by the elimination OF
all land entirely abandoned, the com
dition of winter wheat declined dur
ing May 6.5 per cent, the condition on
June / being S2.7 per cent, against $50
per cent on May /, 67.3 per cent on
June i, 1899, and a ten-year average
of S0.7 per cent.
Primary reports from the spring
wheat acreage indicate reduction OF
about $4,000 acres, or 90 per cent.
Minnesota. Wisconsin and Oregon re-
port reduction of 4 per cent, North
Dakota and Nebraska of per cent,
and Iowa of 6 per cent. In South Da-
lota and Washington there is an in.
crease of 1 per cent.
The average condition of spring
wheat on June 1 was S7.3 per cent, as
compared with OLA per cent on June
/, 1890.
The total reported acreage in oats
exceeds the acreage harvested last
year by $50 per cent. There is an in.
crease of 16 per cent in Ohio, 2S per
cent in Indiana, o. per cent in New
York, per cent in Pennsylvania ana
Wisconsin and / per cent in Mime.
sofa, Kansas and Nebraska. In nc
state having 100000 acres or up.
wards in oats is there reduced acre.
age, except in Iowa, where the shrink.
age is too insignificant to call for
t-comment.
The average condition of oats is OIL
per cent, against ss.7 per cent on June
i, 1899, 90 per cent at the correspond
| ing date in 1898 and a tcnycar aver
age of sos per cent.
The acreage reported as under bar
ley is siN-tenths of per cent greater
than the area harvested last year
There is an increase of per cent in
california and Kansas, of 3 per cent il
South Dakota and of 1 per cent in New
York. On the other hand. there is {;
decrease of per cent in Wisconsin
and Iowa, and of 1 per cent i'm Soutl
Dakota, with a very slight reduction
also in Minnesota.
The.average condition of rye is ST.
per cent, as compared with S9.5 pc,
cent on June i, 1899. and ten-yea!
average Of 500 per cent.
The acreage and condition of Glove
for the country as a whole cannot b
satisfactorily determined, but TIL,
changes in the principal states hav'
been reported.
AS regards acreage, Michigan ant
Iowa reported an increase of of pc
cent and Illinois of 10 per cent, Will
4. decrease of 4 per cent is reported
IRON Pennsylvania, of o per cent from
Missouri. of 10 per cent from Mime
Gotta, of 81 per cent from Ohio, of
per cent from Wisconsin and of % pc
cent from Indiana. AS to condition
almost all the principal clover state
fall considerably below their ten-yea
averages.
The reports as to peaches and al
pies are unusually favorable.