The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-11
LESS CORN PLANTED.
What There Is Reported Below
the Average Condition.

Washington. July 11.-Preliminary re-
turns to the department of agriculture
on the acreage of corn planted indicate
reduction Of about 400, 600 acres. or per
cent, from the area planted last year. OF
the p states having one million acres or
upward in corn in 1900. u show a decrease
OF about ,S0O0 900 acres. while in the re-
naming 70 an increase of about 10000
acres is shown. The average condition Of
the .,e, ggTsorwing crop is SIS as compared
spending date in 1899, and a 10 year aver
age of 1913.
The condition in Nebraska. is So. in Illi-
nois and Iowa 81 in Kansas "A. in Missouri
70 and in Texas g. In each of the %
sissippi. Virginia and South Dakota
where the conditions represented by IS. 90
10 year averages, the condition is more or
less below such averages.
The condition of winter wheat improved
during June, being SS.3 on July 1, as COM
pared with SIS on June L; sos on July 1,
and a 10 year average of sO2-
All the important winter wheat states
sylvania. Ohio and Maryland, in which
the condition declined during the month
The. average condition Of spring wheat
also improved during the month, being
e s Fl 5gy a 81 c9mPaFed9o o With & 92e QPe
corresponding date in 1899. and a 10 year
average of s5.e. The condition in Nebras-
kota and North Dakota 100
69.S on July J. 1900 and 76.2 at the CORE
spending date in 1899
The amount of wheat remaining in the
al about 81 10000 bushels o.. the eo1iiva-
lent of 5-S5 per cent of the crop of 1900.
The average condition of the oat crop is
s3.7, as compared with S5-3 one month ago;
ing date IN 1883, and a 10 year average OF
The average. condition of barley is s1.s
as against $40 one month ago; 1913 on
July I, 1900; $40 at the corresponding date
n 4 a res Of
The average condition. of winter rye is
g3.6 as compared with 1915 on July l. 1900;
a. 10 year average of S9.2
The average condition Of spring rye is
3d. as compared with 69z on July I. 1900:
S9.7 at the corresponding date in 1893, and
a 70 year average of S7.s
5000 acres or % per cent, in the acreage
Of potatoes, with a condition on July l
age Of ss1. 0'- pa - WIN . ~ ssa1 aver
The sweet potato. reports are rather IN
tant producing states showing conditions
more or less below their 10 year aver
The condition of tobacco is 1 point above
the ~ year average in Ohio, in Virginia
is points below in Kentucky. 8 in Penn
sylvania, in North Carolina and in
Wisconsin, while in Tennessee it corre-
spends with the 10 year average for that
unfavorable. there being. a decline from
the condition as reported on the first of
last AlDnlH IN a majority OF the more I'M
portant hay producing states. The con-
dition Of pasture has suffered impairment
during the month and-in several impor-
tant states is considerably below the 10
year averages. In some states. however.
including California and South Dakota,
the condition is excellent being and
points ABOVE their respective 10 year av-
erages.
While there has been a general decline
in the condition of apples and peaches
as compared with last month, almost ev>
cry important peach growing state has
the promise of more than an average crop
but in the apple producing states the crop
will be generally poor. The condition of
grapes is excellent
The wool report indicates the average
weight per fleece as being 6.15 pounds, as
against 6-17 pounds in 1900