Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-12
-1;ovcrnmen1 crop !:eport.

Washington. June 12.-'The monthly
report of the statistician OF the depart- I
mont of agriculture states that as re- |
quit of a special investigation relative |
to the winter wheat acreage piowed up
or cut for forage. the department. 9 ( s. /
innate. of the area remaining under cul-
Etiyation has been further reduced by IL
CT. 600 acres. the area abandoned in adj |
.dii!on To that announced May 10. com /
5prisnS 55S1, 900 acres in Ohio, $4,000 acres |
in Michigan, 100000 acres in Indiana,
354S 200 acres in Illinois. and $4,000 acres
I'm California. This brings the acreage
in winter wheat remaining under culti-
walton on. June 4 down to ., 90S.010 a re-
duction from the area sown In III g fall of
100000 acres Notwithstanding this /
farther reduction of acreage by thesI
elimination Of all land entirely aban
tdened, the conditionSo of winter wheat de-
clined during May g. points, theEcondi-
tinn ul, June being s2I against $50
on May i. 6..33 on June /. 1899, and ten
year average of S0I.
Preliminary reports on the spring
wheat acreage indicate a reduction of
about 900 acres or 30 per cent MIN
tnesota, Wisconsin and Oregon report a
reduction of 4 per cent: North Dakota
| and Nebraska of . pei. cent, and Iowa Of
|. 6 per cent In South Dakota and NASH
ington there is an increase OF j per cent.
| The average condition OF spring wheat
! on June I waa SI.3. as compared with
91.4 on June !, 1899.
The total reported acreage in oats eX-
leeds the acreage harvested last year by
50 per cert There is an increase Of 16.
per cent in Ohio IS per cent in Indiana,
4 . per cent in New York. 3 per cent in
Pennsylvania and WISCONSIN, and / per
cent in Minnesota, kansaa5and Nebras-
/ ka In no state having 1,0O0O0O acres or
upwards in oats is there a reduced acre
5lage except in Iowa, whore the spring
4 shrinkage is too insignificant to call for
4 comnlent.
The average condition OF oats is OIL,
against sS.7 on June /, 1888; 9s at the
Z. corresponding date in 1898, and ten
year average Of sos
The acreage reported as under barley
I5is IS of j per cent greater than the area
harvested last year. There is an in
crease of per cent in California and
Kansas. of 3 per cent in South Dakota
and of per cent in New York. On the
other hand. there is a decrease of A per
cent in Wisconsin ard Iowa. and of !
per cent in North Dakota, with very
& slight reduction also in Minnesota.
il The average condition Of rye is SIG
as compared with $40 on June 1, 1899
and a ten year average of 500.
The acreage and condition of clover
for the country as a whole can not be
Satisfactorily determined, but the
ichanges in the principal states have
, been reported. AS regards the acreage
Michigan and Iowa report an increase
: of per cent and Illinois of 10 per cent
While a decrease of 4 per cent is reported
from Pennsylvania, of 9 per cent from
Missouri, 10 per cent from Minnesota. 1
per cent from Wisconsin, q per cen
from Ohio and % per cent from Indiana
AS TO condition. almost all the Glove
states fall considerably below their tel
year averages.
The reports as to peaches and apple
are unusually favorable.
shaw Names commissioners.