The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-11
CROP REPORT
FOR AUGUST
Kansas Lost Twelve Points in
Corn During the Month.
FRUITS IN GOOD SHAPE
In tobacco States Conditions
Are Above Average.

Washington. Sept. la-The monthly re-
port OF the statistician OF the department
OF agriculture shows the average condition
OF corn on September !. to have been Ss.s
as compared with SIS on August /. lSe
5l.7 on September I. 1891. sac at the CORE
spending date in 1899 and ten-year aver
age OF SIS
Elk cept in Kansas and South Dakota.
which report a decline OF L points and 10
points respectively. during August no
material change Of condition Is reported
from any Of the priccipal corn states.
Notwithstanding its marked decline dur
ing August. Kansas reports condition OF
| 81. or = points above its ten-year aver
| age, while Nebraska and Missouri exceed
their respective ten-year averages BY 3
and p points. respectively. The crop.
however. is so late that throughout the
! entire northern portion OF the belt pre-
dictions OF more than an average crop
are invariably made contingent upon the
immediate advent and continuance for
some days OF the most favorable ccndi-
lions of weather.
The average condition az harvest of
/ N-+-N~A am -ftAA41 N4Atat ANiARAltA was
50. against SIS last year. 69.s ia 1850 and
a ten-year average OF 9-s.
Pennsylvania and California report
points below the ten-year average. Iowa
p points below and Kansas a condition
OF 1913 points below the ten-year average
OF the state.
The average condition OF oats when har-
vested was ST. against I'll last year. SIS
IN 1900 and a ten-year average Of 49,.
| While correspondents report the harvest
| ing OF an exceptionally large crop Of oats.
| there are indications that the crop win
be very deficient in point OF quolity. This.
however, viii be more fully reported upon
IN December. when the final report as 10
/ yield per acre are sent in
or the ten states having one million
acres or upward in oats, Iowa alone re-
ports 4 condition comparing unfavorabiy
with its ten-years average. New YORK
reports the phenomenaliy high condition
Of 1O7. the highest reported from this state
since 1871 and "A points above its ten-ycar
average Wisconsin. 100. its highest since
iSS2. and 10 points above its ten-year aver
eye; Ohio, 100. its highest since lsss. and q
points above its fsn-yesr average. AIichl-
gan. 80. its highest since 1851 and Il
points above its ten-year average Penn
sylvania. IS. its highest since 1896. and Is
points above its ten-year average. Mime
sofa. g. its highest since 1896. and Il
points above its ten-yea- average. Ne
brasSa. Sc. its highest since 1885,. and 70
points above its ten-year average. and Hi
nois, IS. or points above It's ten-ycar
average. but not an exceptionally high
condition for the state
The condition at harvest OF winter and
spring rye combined was eo2. against S49
last year. SO In 1890 and So the mean
Of the averages Of the last ten years
The average condition OF buckwheat on
September was SOL. against PIG on Au-
gust l. 1892.
Several OF the principal tobacco states /
show conditions ranging from / 20 a
points above their ten-year average
The acreage Of clover seed has been /
considerably reduced since last year. only !
two OF the principal states-Narviand and 4
Chio-reporting ever a small yield The I
other important states except Kansas. in I
which state the area Is the same as last /
year. report decreases II California.
Utah and Colorado conditions are below I
their ten-yesr average which an other 4
states except Maryland. in which state
the condition is the same 81 the tcn-year
average. report conditions above such
averages
During August the condition o. hops de-
clined point ia Oregon ard northern View
York and improved points IN California.
while the condition ia Washington re-
NAMED unchanged during the month
or the states having foo.e0 trees and
upward In apples eleven report an In
prorenent IN condition during August
All but six Of the pie-grosing states re-
port conditions ranging from 70 = polnir
above their ten-year averages
Reports % 20 the production n peaches
as compared vith a fun crop 81 the in
portant peach-growing states. range from
j. per cent in Illinois 20 . IL Oklahouaa-
l. all but e!ght q the states having co.
90 trees and upfard In 100. production
exceeding the tsn-year average is prob
able.
IN al the states n which the rroeac-
ton q grapes Is q more Than iecal irs-
pcTtance. the coalition Is eSuaI 20 or
above the ten-year average