The Washington times., 1901-09-11
TIE MONTHLY CROP REPORT.
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! dition of Corn Worse.
The monthly report OF the Statistician
the Department of Agriculture. issued
yesterday at O'Clock. shows the average
condition of corn on September to have
/ been 5i.7. There was decline during Au-
gust amounting to % points. and the con-
diti0n on the LIST OF the present month
was 80 points lower than on September /,
lsO; &5 points lower than at the corre-
spending date in 1899; 81 points below the
mean of the September averages FOR the
last ten years. and s3 points below the
lowest September average that OF fSSi.
ever before recorded. While the August
rains were beneficial to late planted corn,
it is In only few States that the crop
as whole shows any Improvement or
has even held its own during the month.
There has been a decline Of 10 points in
Ohio. in Indiana. In Illinois. Iowa. and
Texas. and in Nebraska 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 August l.
| The average condition at harvest of
winter and spring wheat combined was
SIS. against 69.s last year. 7o9 in 1898. and
a ten-ycar average of so.3 North Dako-
ia. California, and Oregon report con-
dition of points, washington II. fndi-
ana 16. Illinois 10. Missouri o. and KAN
sas q points above their respective ten
year averages. On the other hand, the
| average condition in Iowa is points. in
| Ohio and South Dakota 3, Pennsylvania
6, Minnesota and Nebraska s. Michigan %,
and Texas 56 points below the respective
ten-year averages of these States.
The average condition of oats when
H.
So in 1899 and ten-year average of
SIG. OF the States having the largest
acreage devoted to this product. only
Iowa ard Minnesota report a condition
comparing favorably with their ten-year
averages, the former being l point and
the latter 4 points above such averages.
On the other hand. the condition of the
crop in Ohio and Michigan is points, in
Illinois Z, in Indiana s. Wisconsin IL. Ne
braska %, Kansas Il. New York ., Penn
sylvania "a, and Missouri IL points below
the respective ten-year averages Of these
States.
The average condition of barley when
harvested was s3.S. against 707 last year.
S67 in 1899 and s3.1 the mean of the aver
ages of the last ten years.
The condition ct harvest of winter and
spring rye combined was $40. against si2
last year, and ss.4 the mean OF the aver
ages of the last ten years
| The average condition of buckwheat on
September l was 90-9, as compared with
Oil on August 1, 1901; sos on September 1.
1890; 75-2 on the corresponding date in
1893. and So.S the mean of the September
averages of the last ten years.
Since August there has been a general
Improvement in the condition of tobacco.
Virginia. Tennessee. Maryland. and Penn.
| syIyania report conditions l, 3, 3. and 10
points above their respective ten-year ay-
erages; in Kentucky the present condi-
ton and the ten-year averages are equal.
and in North Carolina. Ohio. Wisconsin.
| and Missouri the conditions are, respec-
lively, T. -, q, and i9 points below such
ayerag ges.
The average condition of potatoes on
September 1 was 522. against 62-3 on Au-
| gust l, 1901. so on September l, 1900; S53
at the corresponding date in 1899. and 1873
the mean of the September averages OF
the last ten years The present condition
Is the lowest ever reported in September.
being 1O2 points below that of 1891. the
lowest previous September condition
| There has been general decline in the
condition of sweet potatoes since August
1. although five of the principal States
still show a 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 in which the production
Z of clover seed is of more than local i'm
( portance, New York and Michigan, re-
porting even a small increase in acreage.
All other States, except Nebraska. in
Z which State the area is the same as last
! year. report decreases ranging from per
/ cent in California and Ohio to u per cent
| in Missouri. in New York, Minnesota,
| and Michigan the present conditions are
( l. I, and II points above the respective
ten-year averages; but al other states
! OF the five principal sugar-cane States,
! Mississippi alone reports an Improvement -
in condition during August, the present
condition being 81 against 81 a month ago.
/ The condition in Georgia remained at a
standstill during the month, and Ala
bama, Texas. and Louisiana show de-
/ creases of 1, 3, and points, respectively.
Three of the principal sugar-cane States,
I Louisiana, Georgia, and Mississippi show
conditions slightly, above their ten-year
averages. and in Alabama and Texas con-
I ditions 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 Statrs-
/ Florida and Texas. In Louisiana and
! North Carolina there has been no appIe-
! ciable change in condition. and South
I Carolina. Georgia, and Alabama report de-
/ clines. In Louisiana, the chief seat of
the rice-gl owing industry, the condition
| is four points above the mean of the
| averages of the last seven years.
Five of the more important apple-grow-
ing States report an Improvement in con-
| diuon during August. such Improvement
| amounting TO one point in Indiana, two
| points in Kentucky, three i'm Tennessee.
eleven in Missouri, and twelve in Kan
d.
/ Virginia, and kansas-report conditions
! above their ten-year averages, while the
/ remainder of the States report cond-
/ tions below such averages. ranging from
| one point in Kentucky to forty-two points
| in New York
Reports as to the production of peaches
as compared with c full crop, in the i'm
/ portant peach-growing States. range from
| 5l per cent in Texas to IS in Tennessee,
but three States showing indicated
| production equal to or above that indi-
| Gated in September. 1900 In all but two
| of the principal peach growing States.
! however, n production exceeding the ten
year average is probable.
| In ALL the States in which the growing
of grapes is of more than local impor-
I tance, 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 year ago in
every State except Arizona. where in
crease of Is per cent is noted. In the i'm
/ portant hog-raising States. decreases in
number for fattening are reported as fol-
| lows: Georgia per cent, South Carolina
| g. North Carolina H. Mississippi r. Ala
! bama and Indiana H. Ohio l5, Iowa IL
| Arkansas Is. Texas Tennessee, and Hi
nOis 1g Kentucky q, Nebraska So Mis-
| souri, So. and Kansas y per cent.
Reports to size and weight of stock
hogs indicate a condition above the ten
year average in but two State-Ohio and
| PennsyIvania-in each of which the pres
ent condition is points above such aver
age. The condition is below the ten-year
average to the extent of points in Geor-
gia. Illinois, Kentucky. and Nebraska,
! in Alabama, s in Kansas in Missouri.
| Tennessee. and South Carolina. in Texas
and North Carolina. 10 in Mississippi, and
II in Arkansas. In Iowa and Indiana the
as the ten-year average.