Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-11
Missouri 100. in Ohio 81 and in Texas Al.

Missouri 100, in Ohio 81 and in Texas Al
The average condition of winter wheat
improved during June nine-tenths of l point
standing on July 1 at q, or 1l.3 points pc
low the condition July 1, 1901, 3.S points
below that at the corresponding date In
1900 and "a points below the ten-year
average. 1t fell off during June points in
Kansas points in California and Okla
homa and 1 point in Illinois, and improved
during the same period points in Pennsyi-
vania and Ohio, in Indiana and Nebraska,
10 in Michigan and 3 in Missouri. Special
field agents report decline of points in
Indiana and Illinois since July 1. d.
The average condition of spring wheat de-
clined points during June, standing at
81 on July l, compared with 9o.6 on
July 1, 1901. So at the corresponding date
in 1900 and a ten-year average of S5.S.
The decline during June amounted to .
points in Minnesota, in South Dakota,
in Iowa and in Washington On the other
hand, there was an Improvement of . points
in Nebraska, with no appreciable change in
North Dakota.
The condition of spring and winter wheat
combined on July 1 was $40 as compared
with OIL on July 1, 1901, 69.S on July 1,
1900. and 76.2 at the corresponding date in
1899.
The amount of wheat remaining in the
hands of farmers on July 1 is estimated at
about ~, 40 900 bushels or per cent of
the crop of last year.
The acreage of potatoes is 80 per cent or
about 100000 acres, greater than that of
last year. OF the forty-eight states and
territories reporting, forty show increased
and eight decreased acreages. The average
condition of potatoes on July l was G2.9 as
compared with S14 on July !, 1901, 91.o at
the corresponding date in 1900, and ten
year average of 92.3. Wisconsin shows
condition 1 point above the ten-year aver
age, Ohio 3, Iowa and Illinois 8, while
New York, Minnesota, Michigan and Penn
sylvana show conditions /, 3. and 10
points, respectively below such average.
Reports on sweet potatoes are rather un-
favorable, but few states showing condl-
lions above their ten-year average, and the
majority of the more important producing
states show conditions considerably below
such average.
The acreage reported as under tobacco Is
considerably smaller than that shown for
the crop of 1901. OF the principal tobacco
producing states, Maryland shows a de-
crease in acreage amounting to z per cent,
Virginia per cent, Pennsylvania and ONO
per cent, Tennessee 10 per cent and Ken
lucky II per cent; while in Wisconsin and
North Carolina the present areas are and
per cent, respectively, larger than those
planted last year The average condition
of tobacco is 1 point below the ten-year
average in Maryland and North Carolina,
points in Kentucky and Pennsylvania, 3
points in Tennessee and points in Virginia.
On the other hand, Ohio and Wisconsin show
conditions ) and 10 points, respectively,
above such average.
Reports of the hay crop are very favora-
BILE, an Improvement in condition being
nOted during June III nearly every lHlpOTl-
ant hay-producing state. The rains of the
past two months have been very beneficial
to pastures, and their present condition is
excellent, nearly every important state re-
porting condition considerably above the
ten-year average.
While there has been general decline in
the condition of apples and peaches as COM
pared with last month, reports of those
fruits from almost every important state
indicate that more than an average crop of
each of them will be harvested. The condi-
ton of grapes is very good, and it is quite
probable that the crop will be as large as
that of any ordinarily good year,