The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-11
CONDITION OF CROPS
ERAGE OF S2.S, AGAINST TEN
YEAR MEAN OF sO.3
CORN IN VERY BAD SHAPE
Sept. Condition Given at 5I.7, Fl
Points Below the Ten-Year Mean,
and S.3 Under the Lowest
Previous Record.

ton of corn on Sept. to have been SIT.
There was a decline during August
amounting to 2.3 points and the condi,
ton on the first of the present month
was H9 points lower than on Sept l.
1900; 1915 points lower than at the cor
responding date in 1899; 81 points below
the mean OF. the September averages for
the last ten years and 8.3 points below
the lowest September average. that OF
1881, ever before recorded While the
August rains were beneficial to late
planted corn, 1t is in only few states
that the crop as whole shows any i'm
provement or has even held it's own dur
ing the month. There has been a decline
of IL points in Ohio, 8 in Indiana 2 in
Illinois, Iowa and Texas and 8 in Ne
braska. In Kansas and Missouri the
local gains and losses about counter
balance each other, and in these states
the condition of the crop as a whole Is
represented by the same figures as on
Aug. r.
The average condition at harvest OF
winter and spring. wheat combined was
S2.S against 69.6 last year, 709 in 1889 and
ten-year average of S0.3 North Da.
kota, California and Oregon report
condition seven points, Washington IL,
Indiana 16, Illinois 49, Missouri % and
Kansas Is points above their respective
ten-year averages. On the other hand
the average condition in Iowa is 2 points,
in Ohio and South Dakota g. Pennsyl-
vania 6, Minnesota and Nebraska 8, MICH
igan q and Texas 36 points below the
respective ten-year. averages of these
states.
The average condition of oats when
harvested was 72.1, against S2.9 last year.
S7.2 in 1899 and ten-year average Of Sl6
OF the states having the largest acreage
devoted to this product. only Iowa and
Minnesota report a condition comparing
favorably with their ten-year averages,
the former being l point and the latter
points above such averages. On tho
other hand, the condition of the crop in
Ohio and Michigan is 8 points, in Illinois
z, in Indiana 8, Wisconsin H. Nebraska
20, Kansas q, New York %, Pennsylvania
"a, and Missouri Al points below the re-
spective ten-year averages of these
states
The average condition of barley when
harvested was 1873 against 7O.7 last year,
86.7 in 1899 and S3.1 the mean of the
averages Of the last ten years.
The conditions at harvest of winter
and spring rye combined was S4.9 against
S4.2 last year and 1874 the mean average
conditions of the last ten years.
The average condition of buckwheat on
Sept. l was 909 as compared with GIL
on Aug. I; S0.5 on Sept, 1, 1900; 1872 on the
corresponding date in 1889 and S5.3 the
mean of the September averages of the
last ten years.
Since Aug. l there has been a general
Improvement in the condition of tobacco
Virginia, Maryland and PENNSYLVANIA re-
port conditions l, and 10 points above
their respective ten-year averages; in
Kentucky the present condition and the
ten-year average are equal; and in
North Carolina, Ohio, Wisconsin and
Missouri, the conditions are, respective
ly, II, Is, % and 40 points below such
averages.
The average condition of potatoes on
Sept. was 522 against 62.3 on Aug l.
1901; so on Sept. 1, 1900, S63 at the cor
responding date in 1S99 and 1873 the mean
OF the September averages of the last
ten years. The present condition is the
lowest ever reported in September, being
1912 points below that of 1894, the lowest
previous September condition.
There has been a general decline in the
condition of sweet potatoes since August
l, although five of the principal states
still show condition equal to or above
that of month ago.
The acreage of clover seed has been
considerably reduced since last year, only
two of the states where the production
of clover seed is of more than local i'm
portance, New York and Michigan, re-
porting even smaller increase in acre
age. All other states except Nebraska
in which state the area is the same as
last year, report decreased area ranging
from per cent in California and Ohio to
81 per cent in Missouri. In New York
Minnesota and Michigan the recent con-
ditions are l, and II points above the
respective ten-year averages; but all 9TH
er states report conditions below such
averages
Of the five principal sugar cane states,
Mississippi alone reports an Improvement
in condition during August the present
condition being 81 against so month ago
The condition in Georgia remained at
standstill during the month, and Ala
bama, Texas and Louisiana show de-
creases OF 1. and 4 points respectively
Three of the principal sugar cane states
Louisiana, Georgia and Mississippi
show conditions Slightly above their ZEN
year averages and in Alabama and Tex
as conditions are, respectively, and q
points below such averages.
An Improvement in the condition of rice
during the month of August is reported
in but two of the rice growing states
Florida and Texas. In Louisiana and
North Carolina there has been no appre-
ciable change in the condition, and South
Carolina, Georgia and Alabama report
declines. In Louisiana, the chief seat of
the rice-growing industry, the condition
is points above the mean of the aver
ages for the last seven years.
Five of the more important CT the apple
growing states report an Improvement in
condition during August, such improve
ment amounting to 1 point in Indiana.
in Kentucky, 8 in Tennessee II in Mis-
souri, and IL in Kansas. Only three states
Indiana, Virginia and Kansas-report
conditions above their ten-year averages,
while the remainder of the states report
conditions below such averages, ranging
from 1 point in Kentucky to AZ points In
New York
Reports as to the production of peaches,
as compared with a full crop, in the i'm
portant peach-growing states, range from
81 per cent in Texas to rs in Tennessee,
but three states showing an indicated
production equal to or above that indi-
Gated in September 1900. In all but two
of the principal peach growing states,
however, a production exceeding the ten
year average is probable
In all the states in which the growing
of grapes is more than of local impor-
lance, except California, the present con-
dition is below the ten-year average.
There Is a decrease in the number of
stock hogs now being fattened as COM
pared with the number a year ago in
every state except Arizona, where an
increase Of 13 per cent is noted.
In the important hog raising states,
decreases in number for fattening are
reported as follows: Georgia, per cent;
South Carolina, 8; North Carolina, IL;
Mississippi, u; Alabama and Indiana, IA;
Ohio, Is; Iowa, II; Arkansas, Is; Texas.
Tennessee and Illinois, 10; Kentucky. 81;
Nebraska, 80; Missouri, So, and Kansas,
~ per cent. a.
Reports as to size end weight of stock