The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-11
CONDITION o. TIE CROPS
THAN AT THIS TIME
LAST YEAR
WINTER WHEAT ALSO BETTER
Agricultural Department Also Re-
ports Condition of Oats. Barley,
Rye and Clover. with
Comparisons

4MASHINGTON, June 10.-Preliminary
reports Of the spring wheat acreage in
dictate a reduction Of about ,200, co acres,
or Ga per cent. OF the twenty states re-
porting 10000 acres or upwards in spring
wheat, report an increase aggre-
! eating about $4,000 acres, and u a de-
/ crease amounting to about 1926, 900. There
is an increase in acreage of 10 per cent
in New Mexico, in Nevada, 4 in Ari-
s:ona 5 in Michigan, 2 in Montana and
Utah, and per cent in Wyoming and
! Washington; while in Iowa there is
I decrease of 10 per cent; Oregon, s.; Kan
sas Z; Wisconsin and Minnesota, 6; Hi
nois, Nebraska, South Dakota, North
Dakota and California, 5; Idaho, 4, and
. Colorado, 3. The average condition of
spring wheat on June l was 92.0 as COM
pared with SIS at the corresponding date
last year, and GA on June /, 1899. The
mean of the June averages for the last
ten years is 1915, and for the last fifteen
years, 92.7 The averages of the prin-
cipal states are as follows: Oregon s.;
California, "a; Minnesota, SO; Iowa and
South Dakota, 49, North Dakota, 81;
Wisconsin, SO; Nebraska, 8S.
The average condition of winter wheat
declined during May GO points, the con-
dition on June l being 8T.2, as against
GIL Oh May l. On June l, 1900, the con-
dition was S2.7, and on the correspond
ing date in 1899. 67.3. The mean of the
June averages for the last ten years Of
winter wheat is S1.2 and for the past
fifteen years 1928 The principal aver
California, 80; Ohio and Indiana 80; Ten
nessee, SIS; Kansas, 81; Missouri, Illinois
end Oklahoma, "a; Michigan, 6S, and
IeXaS 40. The low condiuOn in Texas is
due to drought and the ravages of the
wheat plant louise; in Kansas, Oklahoma
and Missouri the crop has been damaged
by the Eiessian fly and drought: in Mich
lgan the HesSan fly has seriously in
Jured the crop, and it has done consid-
cradle damage in portions of Indiana
| Illinois and Kentucky. The present av-
erageS of conditions relate strictly to
the crop still under cultivation on June l.
The total reported acreage in oats IS
smaller than the acreage harvested last
year by S:S per cent: There is an in
crease of per cent in Wisconsin and l
per cent in Minnesota, and a decrease
| of 9 per cent in Ohio, in New York,
| in Indiana, Illinois and Kansas, in
Iowa and Nebraska, and in Pennsyl-
Nenia and Michigan. The decrease in the
larger producing states is offset to some
extent by increases in states having
smaller acreages. The average condition
81 oats is S5.3, against 9l.7 on June l,
l9OO; SS.7 at the corresponding date in
1899, and Ien-year average of $50. Of the
states having 100000 acres or upwards
in oats, Pennsylvania reports 3
above their ten-year averages, while
! Minnesota and New York report / point
Wisconsin and Nebraska, 2 points; lii
nois, ) points; Indiana, I points, and
/ the mean of their June averages for the
! last ten years. In Iowa the condition is
reported as o. corresponding with the
ten-ycar average in that state. The
/ acreage as reported under barley is 2
/ per cent smaller than the area harvested
! last year There is an increase of per
/ cent in California; on the other hand,
, there is decrease Of 2 per cent in Min
nesota, per cent in Wisconsin and South
! Dakota. per cent in Iowa, Kansas ai1o
! New York, and S per cent in North Da-
i kota.
| The average condition of barley is 81 o,
! against $50 on June 1, 1900; Ola at the
! corresponding date in 1899, and a ten
! year average Of Ssh. The ten-year av>
| ifornia, in Kansas, 8 in South Dakota.
! and . in New York, while Minnesota re-
ports Z; Wisconsin and North Dakota, 5,
and Iowa, points, respectively, below
| such averages.
The acreage under rye shows a reduc-
! ton Of 1.9 per cent from that harvested
| last year. In Pennsylvania the acreage
| is reported the same as last year. While
! IN New York Their is q shrinkage of 4
I per cent Kansas reports a decrease of
| per cent, Wisconsin Of per cent and
Iowa of 10 per cent, these being the only
other states having /, 100000 acres or lp-
ward in rye. The average condition of
rye Is 1873, as compared with 97.6 on June
!. 1900; S4.5 at the corresponding date in
1885, and a ten-year average of S9.4 In
Pennsylvania, New York and Kansas the
ten-year averages are exceeded by g.
and points, respectively, and in Wis
consin and Iowa the condition figures are
4 points above the averages.
| Tie acreage and condition Of clover for
! the country as a whole cannot be salts
| factorily determined, but the changes In
| the principal states have been reported.
! An increase in acreage of per cent is
reported in Wisconsin, s per cent in
Michigan and Nebraska, 8 ger cent in
! New York and Kansas, and per cent in
| Iowa. III California the acreage Is re-
/ ported as being the same as last year
| In Indiana, Minnesota and South Da-
! kota decrease of per cent is reported:
/ III Pennsylvania and Missouri of per
| cent and in Illinois of per cent, as
compared with the acreage of last year
| AS to condition, Ohio reports II points
above the ten-year average, Nebraska
! and Wisconsin, 10 points; New York and
Michigan, 8 points, clover states report
! ing below such averages are Missouri,
u points; Pennsylvania, II points; Cali
/ fornla and Illinois, 3 points, and Mime
sofa ! point. In Kansas the condition is
reported as 9l corresponding with the
average condition II :hat state for the
past ten years.