New-York tribune., 1901-06-11
CONDITION Of THE CROPS.
THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT RE-
PORTS ON WHEAT AND OTHER GRAINS

foRIS ON WHEAT AND OTHER GRAINS.
Washington. June lO.-Prelimnary reports OF the
spring wheat acreage indicate reduction OF about
lZeh"" acres. or 64 per OF the twenty
states reporting 10000 or upward in sprng
wheat. eight report an increase aggregating about
$4,000 acres. and twelve a decrease amounting TO
about l2S5.co There is an increase in acreage or
10 per cent in New-Mexico. in Nevada in
Arizona. in Michigan in Montana and Utah
and in Wyoming and Washington while in Iowa
there IS decrease OF 13 per cent Oregon S Kansas
I. Wisconsin and Minnesota s. Illinois Nebraska,
South Dakota, North Dakota and California s
Idaho l. and Colorado ,
The average condition of spring wheat on June
! was %. compared with S73 at the correspond-
ing date last year. and Sl.4 June I. 1899 The
mean Of the June averages for the last ten years
IS s26, and for the last fifteen years 927. The
averages OF the principal States as follows:
Oregon, IS; California. s4 Minnesota 93: Iowa and
South Dakota, 92 North Dakota, 81: Wisconsin 81
and Nebraska, IS.
The average condition OF winter wheat declined
during May 60 points the condition on June !
being SIS. against 9iI May / On June l.
1900 the condition ST. and on the correspond
ing date in 1ss, II was 67s. The mean Of the June
averages for the last years of winter wheat
is 81. and for the last fifteen years s2S. The
principal averages by States are follows: Mary
land. 100; Virginia 9S; Pennsylvania IS: California
S2; Ohio and Indiana. 30: Tennessee IS; Kansas s.:
Missouri, Illinois and Oklahoma. 81: Michigan IS,
and Texas. IS. The low condition Texas is
louise In Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri the
crop has been damaged by the Hesssn fly by
drouth- In Michigan the Hessian fly has seriously
injured the crop, and it has done considerable
damage IN portions OF Indiana Illinois and Ken
tucky. The present averages of condition relate
strictly TO the crop still under cultivation on
June l.
The total reported acreage in oats is smaller
than tho acreage harvested last year by 3s per
cent. There is an increase of ? per cent in Wis
consin and ! per cent in Minnesota, and de-
crease Of per cent in Ohio, in New-York. in
Indiana, Illinois and Kansas. in Iowa and Ne
braska, and in Pennsylvania and Michigan. The
decrease in the larger producing States is offset
10 some extent by increases IN States having
smaller acreages.
The average condition of oats is s3 against
81 June /, 1900 SS7 at the corresponding date
in 1899 and ten year average OF 90 OF the States
having million upward in oats Penn
sylvania reports points and Ohio and Michigan 2
points above their ten year averages. while Min
and Nebraska points, Illinois points Indiana
the mean OF their June averages for the last ten
corresponding with the ten year average in that
The acreage reported as under barley is IL per
There is an increase OF per cent in California.
cent in Minnesota, per cent in Wisconsin and
9I1h an per ce1 cent in N NdTR Dakos and
The average condition of barley is 81; against
in 1899 and ten year average Of SIS The ten
year averages exceeded by y points in Call
fornia, 4 IN Kansas. in South Dakota and in
New-York, while Minnesota reports 7, Wisconsin
and North Dakota and Iowa points. respec-
The acreage under, rye shows reduction OF l.s
per cent from that harvested last year. In Penn
sylvania the area Is reported the same last
year, while in New-York there is shrnkage OF
per cent Kansas reports a decrease Of per
cent, Wisconsin per cent, and Iowa 10 per cent.
these being the only other States having 10000
acres upward in rye
The average condition of rye is 1913. compared
with s76 June l, 1900, s45 al the corresponding
date in 1893 and ten year average of Ss.4 In
Pennsylvania, New-Y ork and Kansas the ten year
averages are exceeded by g. and points re
tion figures points above such averages.
try, as A whole cannot be satisfactorily deter
have been reported An increase in acreage OF
G per cent is reported in Wisconsin, per cent in
Michigan and Nebraska, per cent in New-York
and Kansas and l per cent in Iowa In California
the acreage is reported being the same as last
wear In Indiana Minnesota and South Dakota a
decrease of per cent is reported, in pennsylvania
and Missouri per cent. and in Illinois per cent,
as compared with the acreage of last year As 10
condition Ohio reports u points above the ten year
average Nebraska and Wisconsin 10 points, New
York and Michigan points. Clover states report
ing below such averages are missouri II points,
Pennsvlvania II points California and Illinois
points. and Minnesota point. In Kansas the con-
dition Is reported s 81, corresponding with the
average condition in that State for the last ten