The bee., 1901-05-16
OFFICIAL CROP REPORT.
Wheat Prospects Said to Be Better
Than at Any Similar
Tine in Ten Years.
THE WINTER RYE CROP WILL Be HEAVY,
spri5.g i'IoNins Has Been seriously
Delayed in Many states. DNinG &c
the Lutcnr~s of thc cSrns"n-Sprinp
.'nsturc. are, GrncTaii3 ia Go"d
Condition.

Condition..
Washington. May 12.-Iicturns OF
tbc stp,isticiau Of the department OF
.r'oulturc. made ur to May /. show
thr area under winter wheat in cult'
alton ON that dutr to have been
lbcut 2,.cf5.O .OOc ucres. This is 2,Dlj,'
l11 acrrs. OF G.7 per cent. less than tho
area soNn last fall. but 2,032,O 900 acres
or 80 per cent, in excess of the Win
'cr-,vhcnt acreage harvested last
ycar. o. the reduction, about one
half Is reported from Texas and CALI
fo1n;a, due in the former state to the
rayagcs OF the wheat plant lousc and
in the latter to the cutting. as is not
unusual in that state, Of considera
bic acreage for forage.
Abandoned or cut for Forage.
In states that had 100000 acres or
upward sown last fail. the following
percentages arc reported ~ ADAM
doncd or cut for forage: Missouri. /;
Kansas. Il Illinois. 10; Pennsylvania,
2: Indiana, 2,5: ohio. 80; Tennessee,
AZ: Michircn 9.G; Oklahoma. i2.j;
California. =, and Texas, 42.4.
For the area remaining under cul-
tiyation the average condition on May
was 94.1 While this average is i0.j
points above the mean OF the Nay
averages oi the last ten years, and
has been exceeded only three times in
II years. il must be remembered that
the acreage plowed up, cut for forage
1r otherwise abandoned has been en-.
t.tc,y ci.m;nated.
Kansas Crop imprOliuG.
In Kansa, the wheat crop has held
it's own n, the high average. 1O5. re
ported April /, while an improvement
is reported OF five points in Pennsyl-
yania, Ohio and Indiana. 5 in Illinois
and 4 in Missouri.
On the other hand. notwithstand-
ing the elimination in Texas and Cali
fornia OF so much of the acreage as
will not be harvested, a decline is not
cd amounting to points in the form
er state and II points in the latter.
Phenomenal Rye Crop Promised.
The average condition of winter
rye on May was 94.6, as compared
with 0S.1 OF April 1. 1901; 55.5 on May
1, 19o0;T s52 at the corresponding date
in 1895, and sS.2, the mean of the May
averages of the last ten years.
The present condition is the high
est since 1891. Pennsylvania and New
York, with two-fifths of the total win.
ter rye acreage of the country, each
report a condition of "a, which CORE
spends with the ten-year average in
New York, but is points above such
average in Pennsylvania.
Meadows and Pastures.
The average condition of meadow
moving lands on May was 92.s,
against 00.s on May 1. 1000, $40 at the
corresponding date in 1899 and OIL.
the mean of the May averages of the
last ten years.
The average condition of spring
pastures on May 1 was 91.5, against
e1.3 on May /, 1900; s3.5 at the corre-
spending date in 1899 and 9O.S, the
mean of the May average of the last
ten years.
Spring Flowing Delayed.
Of the total amount of spring plow-
ing reported as contemplated. it is es-
timatcd that only G6.3 per cent was
actually done up to May l, the pro-
portion usually done by that date be-
ing about a. per cent. of the whole.
Only three times in the last Is years
has the percentage done by May
been as low as it is this year.
Of the states having 100000 acres
or upward to be plowed this spring.
only North Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Ar
kansas report the proportion actual
Iy done up to May as in excess of
their respective ten-year averages.
The lateress of the season is especial
ly marked in New York, Pennsylva-
nia. Indiana. Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas
and Nebraska.
A report giving the estimated acre
age planted in cotton, with the condi.
tion according to the latest advices,
will be issued on May 81.