The evening times., 1901-06-11
THE MONTHLY CROP REPORT.
Condition Of the Wheat, oats, Bar
ley, Rye and Glover Fields

Condition Of the Wheat, oats, Bar
ley, Rye. and Glover Fields.
The monthly crop report as issued yes
terday afternoon by Victor H OImsted,
Acting Statistician Of the Department of
Agriculture, is as follows:
Preliminary reports Of the spring
wheat acreage indicate a reduction of
about 100000 acres, or 81 per cent OF
the twenty States reporting f0,6J5 acres
or upward in spring wheat. eight report
an increase aggregating about 24G90 acres,
and twelve a decrease amounting to about
!, ,235 600, There is an increase in acreage
Of 10 per cent IN New Mexico, IN Nevada,
in Arizona, 3 in Michigan, ? in Montana
and Utah. and per cent in Wyoming
and Washington, while in Iowa there is
4 decrease Of IS per cent; Oregon, 5; Kan
sas, :; Wisconsin and Minnesota, 6; Hi
nOis, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Da-
kota, and California ); Idaho I; and
Colorado , per cent
The average condition of spring wheat
on June I was 921 as compared with S7.3
at the corresponding date Iast-year, and
9l.4 on June I, 1888. The mean of the
June averages for the last ten years IS
92-6- and for the last fifteen years,
q. The averages Of the principal
States are as follows: oregon. %: Cali
fornia. 81; Minnesota. 90; Iowa and South
Dakota, 81; North Dakota, 81; Wisconsin,
So Nebraska. IS.
The average condition Of winter wheat
declined during May So points. the con-
dition on June / being 67.8 as against 81
on May l. On June /. l901. the condition
was 81, and on the corresponding date in
1859 6l.3- -G'h1 mean of the June averages
for the last ten years of winter wheat is
50. and Tor the past fifteen years SD
The principal averages, by States. are as
follows: Maryland, 100; Virginia, IS; Penn
sylvania, s.; California. 81; Ohio and IN
diana, 80; Tennessee. IS. Kansas. 81 Mis-
souri,, Illinois, and Oklahoma, s.: Michi-
gan GS, and Texas, Is The low condition
in Texas is due TO drought and the raw
ages Of the wheat-plant IOuse- in Kansas.
Oklahoma, and Missouri the crop has
been damaged by the Hessian fly and by
drought; in Michigan the Hessian fly has
seriously injured the crop. and it has done
considerable damage in portions Of IN
diana. Illinois, and Kentucky The pres
ent averages Of condition relate strictly
TO the crop still under cultivation on
June /
The total reported acreage in oats is
smaller than the acreage harvested last
year by IS per cent There Is an Increase
of , per cent in Wisconsin and per cent
in Minnesota; and a decrease of . per
cent in Ohio. s in New York, 6 in Indiana.
Illinois, and Kansas; . in Iowa and Ne
braska- and > in Pennsylvania and AIichf-
gan. The decrease in the larger produc-
ing States is Offset to some extent by in
creases in States having smaller acre
ages.
The average condition Of oats is S53,
against 81 or 5une l. 1900. Ss7 at the cor
TESnGudin<- in nd
average of 900 OF the States having
100000 acres or upward in oats Penn
SylEaula reports points and Ohio and
Michigan : points above their ton ear
avsra SeS, while Minnesota and New York
report 1 point Wisconsin and Nebr aSka
pOIn It's. Illinois 3 points. Indiana points
and Kansas I points. respectively. below
the mean of their June averages for the
last ten years In Iowa. the condition is
reported as 81, corresponding with the ten
year average in that State.
The acreage reported as under barley
IS II per cent smaller than the area har-
vested last year. There is an increase Of
per cent in California; on the other hand
there IS decrease of : per cent in Mime
sofa, Of 4 per cent in Wisconsin and South
IiakCta. Of per cent in Iowa Kansas.
and New York, and Of s per cent in North
Dakota
The average condition of barley is 80,
against So on June I. 1900: gl4 at the cor
responding date in 1889. and a ten-year
average of $50 The ten-year averages
are exceeded by = points in California /
in Kansas, :. in South Dakota. and IN
New York, while Minnesota reports Z,
Wisconsin and North Dakota 3. and Iowa
points, respectively, below such aver
ages.
The acreage under rye shows a reduc-
tiGn of I9 per cent from that harvested
last year. In Pennsylvania the area is
reported the same as last year while in
New York there is a shrinkaSe OF 4 per
cent Kansas reports decrease of , per
cent Wisconsin Of Der cent. and Iowa
of 10 Der cent. These. Eafug the only other
States having 10000 acres or upward in
The average condition of rye is $50.
as compared with $40 on June !. 1850 St3
at the corresponding date in 1885. and q
teD-yyar average of Sy.4 In PenuSyl-
wanna, New York, and Kansas the ten
points. respectively, and in Wisconsin
and Iowa the condition figures are +
points above such averages
The acreage and condition Of clover
for the country as Il whole can not be
satisfactorily determined. but the changes
in the principal States nave been report
ed An increase IN acreage Of 8 per cent
Is reported ia Wisconsin, . per c-nt in
Michigan and Nebraska. . per cent in
New York and Kansas and per cent in
Iowa. In California the acreage is re
ported as being the same as last year.
In Indiana Minnesota, and South Eak0-
Ia a decrease OF ! per cent IS reported. in
Pennsylvania and Missouri Of 3 per cent.
and In Illinois Of per cent. as conf pared
with the acreage Of last year As to con
ditiou, Ohio reports L points above the
ten-yedr average. Nebraska and WiScOn-
sin 10 points, New York and Michigan :,
Iowa and South Dakota 5 points. and IN
diana points, while the principal clover
States reporting below such averages are
Missouri Il points Pennsylvania II points,
California and Illinois points, and Min
nesotd 1 point In Kansas the condition
is reported as 81, corresponding with the
average condition in that State for the
past ten years