The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-11
CONDITION OF THE CROPS
MONTHLY REPORT OF THE DEPART
MENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Yield of Corn May Not Exceed Half the
Usual Amount-Average Condition
of Potatoes Only 52.2.

| ment of Agriculture shows the average
condition of corn on Sept. TO have been
SIT. There was a decline during August
| amounting to % points, and the condition
| on the first of the present month was zS'9
points lower than Sept. i, 1900, 33.5 points
| lower than on the corresponding date In
| 1899 81 points below the mean September
averages for the past ten years. and So
points below the lowest September aver
age. that of 1881, ever before recorded
While the August rains were beneficial to
late planted corn, it is in only few States
! that the crop, as a whole, shows any i'm
provement or has even held its own dur
| ing the month. There has been decline
of 13 points in Ohio in Indiana, in Hill
| nois, Iowa and Texas and in Nebraska
| In Kansas and Missouri the local gains
and losses about counterbalance each other.
| and in these States the condition of the
crop as a whole is represented by the full
| figures Aug. r.
The average condition at harvest of win
| ter and spring wheat combined was S2.S,
against 500 last year, 7O.9 in 1899, and
ten-year average of 1913. North Dakota,
| California and Oregon report a condition
of points, Washington L, Indiana g. Hi
nois 49, Missouri % and Kansas Is points
above their respective ten-year averages.
/ On the other hand. the average condition
| in Iowa is points, in Ohio and South Da-
kota 3, Pennsylvania 6, Minnesota and Ne
| braska s, Michigan % and Texas So points
below the respective ten-year averages or
these States
The average condition of oats, when har-
| vested, was 72.1, against 2.9 last year, 81
| in 1899, and ten-year average of Sic OF
| the States having the largest acreage de-
| voted to this product, only Iowa and Min
nesota report condition comparing favor
n Nv with hn ton ~
| mer being l point, and the latter points
| above such averages. On the other hand,
the condition of the crop in Ohio and Mich
| igan is } points, i'm Illinois I, In Indiana
| s. Wisconsin II, Nebraska 20 Kansas Il,
New York Is, Pennsylvania "a and Missouri
Al points below the respective ten-year
| averages of these States.
BARLEY AND OTHER CEREALS
The average condition of barley, when
harvested. was S3.S. against 7O.7 last year,
S67 in 1899, and S3.l, the mean of the aver
ages of the last ten years.
The condition. at harvest, of winter and
spring rye combined was $40. against sl.2
last year. and 1874, the mean of the aver
ages for the last ten years.
The average condition of buckwheat on
Sept. l was 9O.9. as compared with GIL on
Aug. l, 1901; sos on Sept. l, 1900; 75.2 on the
corresponding date in 1899, and S5.3, the
mean of the September averages of the
last ten years.
Since Aug. l there has been a general
Improvement i'll the condition of tobacco.
Virginia, Tennessee, Maryland and Penn
SylVanla report conditions l, 5, ana III
points above their respective ten-year av-
erages; in Kentucky the present condition
and the ten-year average are equal and in
North Carolina. Ohio Wisconsin and Mis-
souri, the conditions are, respectively, II,
Is, % and 40 points below such averages.
| The average condition of potatoes on
Sept. l was So, against 623 on Aug. l, 1901;
80 on Sept. ], 1900; 1913 al the corresponding
date in 1899. and 7SS the mean of the Sep
TENDER averages of the last ten years. The
present condition is the lowest ever re-
ported in September. being 1912 points be-
low that of 1895, the lowest previous Sep
TENDER condition.
| There has been a general decline in the
condition of sweet potatieS since Aug. /,
although five Of the principal States still
Show condition equal TO or above that of
d month ago.
The acreage of clover seed has been con-
Siderably reduced since last year, only two
of the States in which the production of
clover seed is of more than local impor-
tance-New York and Michigan-reportng
even a small increase in acreage All other
States, except Nebraska in which State
the area is the same last year, report
decreases ranging from points in Cali
fornia and Ohio, TO 81 points in Missouri.
| In New York, Minnesota and Michigan the
present conditions are 1, and IL points
above the respective ten-year averages;
but all other States report conditions be-
low such averages
SUGAR, RICE AND FRUITS.
OF the five principal sugar-cane States,
Mississippi alone reports an Improvement
in condition during August, the present
condition being 81 against 50 a month ago
The condition in Georgia remained at a
standstill during the month, and Alabama,
Texas and Louisiana show decreases of l.
5 and points, respectively. Three of the
principal sugar-cane States-Louisiana,
Georgia and Mississippi-showS conditions
slightly above their ten-year averages and
in Alabama and Texas conditions are re-
specuvely, and Il points below such aver
ages.
An Improvement in the condition of rice
during the month of August is reported
I'm but two of the rice-growing States
Florida and Texas. In Louisiana and North
Carolina there has been no appreciable
change in condition, and South Carolina
Georgia and Alabama report declines In
Louisiana, the chief seat OF the rice-grow-
! ing industry, the condition is points above
the mean OF the averages for the last seven
years.
[ Five of the more important apple-growing
States report an improvement in condition
during August. such Improvement amounting
to point in Indiana, points in Kentucky, 8
points in Tennessee, IL in Missouri and II
in Kansas. Only three of the States
Indiana, Virginia and kansas-report condi-
tons above the ten-year averages while
! the remainder of the States report condi-
tions below such averages, ranging from
point, in Kentucky, to AZ points in New
York.
Reports as to the production of peaches
as compared with a full crop in the inn
pOrtant each-growing States, range from
81 per cent. in Texas, to rs in Tennessee.
r but three States showing an indicated pro-
ductiOn equal to or above that indicated
on Sept. /. 1900. In all of the principal
peach growing States however, a produc-
5 ton exceeding the ten-year average is
probable.
5 In all the States i'm which the growing
of grapes is of more than local importance
except California, the present condition
is below the ten-year average.
There is a decrease i'm the number OF
stock hogs now being fattened, as com
pared with the number a year ago, IN
0 every State. except Arizona, where an in
crease of 13 per cent is reported In the
important hog-rasing States decreases in
number for fattening are reported as fol-
lows:
Georgia. per cent; South Carolina. .;
0 North Carolina, H. Mississippi. u: Ala
bama and Indiana. Il: Ohio. 81 Iowa. IL;
Arkansas. Is; Texas. Tennessee and ILL
0 nois. 10; Kentucky, q; Nebraska. 30; Mis-
souri,, 30. and Kansas ~ per cent
Reports TO size and weight of stock
hogs indicate condition above the ten
year average in but two States-Ohio and
0 | ent condition is points above such aver
average TO the extent Of points in Georgia
Illinois. Kentucky and Nebraska in Ala
bama, IN Kansas Z in Missouri Tennessee
and South Carolina; in Texas and North
Carolina; 10 in Mississippi, and IA in Ar
kansas.
In Iowa and Indiana the present condition
is practically the the feu-vpaT