Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-09-17
CROP AVERAGES HIGH
GOVERNMENT MONTHLY REPORT
GIVES FIGURES.
These Are Wen Above The Ten Year
Leve!-corn Percentage Is S4.3-The
Outlook Is Bright, at Much Yet De-
pen $ on the Weathe

| Nntiooh As brIght' at huch Yet De-
| pen $ on the Weathe
The monthly report Of the statistieian
| OF the Department Of Agriculture shows
the average condition Of corn on Sept. 1
to have been Sab. rs compared with $50
on Aug. /, 1892, 51.7 on Sept. l. 1901,
SO.B at the corresponding date in 1900
and a ten-year average OF 7SS.
| Except 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 principal corn States,
and except those OF the South and the
| State of Michigan they again report con
! dition averages in excess OF their res3ec-
! tive averages for the last ten years. The
report continues:
Notwithstanding it's marked decline
since August, Kansas reports condition
Of 81, or - points above its ten-year ay-
erage, while Nebraska and Missouri ex-
coed their respective ten-yeas average by
30 and % points respectively: Indiana,
Ohio, Illinois and Iowa by 16, II, II and
10 points respectively, and Pennsylvania,
Wisconsin and Minnesota by 6, 4 and 3
points respectively. The crop, however.
is so late that throughout the entire
northern portion Of the belt predictions
of more than an average crop are inva-
riably made contingent upon the immedi-
ate advent and continuance for some days
of the most favorable conditions of
weather.
Condition of Wheat Crop.
The average condition at harvest of
SO, against S2.S last year, 69.6 in 1900
and ten-year average of 7S0.
Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois
report ID, Is - and p points, and Nor,h
Dakota, South Dakota. Nebraska and
Missouri 20, "a. p ana . points respec-
lively above their ten-year average; tie
condition in Minnesota differs only one
point from the States ten year average,
while Pennsylvania and California report
points below the ten-year average,
Iowa II points below, and Kansas, with
q condition of 40, % points below the ten
year average of the State.
The average condition of oats when
harvested was So. against 72.1 last
year, $40 in 1900 and ten-year average
of 1911. While correspondents report
the harvesting of an exceptionally large
NIOp oA OdlS, LltEt are iuulCd LlU8lS tidl
the crop will be very deficient in point of
quality. This, however. will be more
fully reported upon in December, when
the final returns as to the yield per acre
are sent in.
OF the ten States having 1000, 900 scres
or upward in oats Iowa alone reports n
condition comparing fayorably with its
ten-year average. New York reports the
I,
highest reported from that State since
1877 and n points above its ten-year
average; Wisconsin. 100 its highest since
1882 and II points above its ten-year
average: Ohio, 100 its highest since 1888
and Is points above its ten-year average;
Michigan. 90 its highest since 1884 and
II points above its ten-year average;
Pennsylvania, 9S. its highest since 1895
and l6 points above its ten-year average;
Indiana SO, its highest since 1894 and 10
points above its ten-ycar average; Min
nesota, 90, its highest since 1895 and II
points above its ten-year average; Ne
braska. SO, its highest since 1897 and 20
points above its ten-year average. and
Illinois, Sc, or 8 points above its ten-year
average, but not an exceptionally high
condition for that State.
Report on barley ana Rye'
The average condition OF barley when
harvested was S97 against S3.S last
year, T07 in 1900 and $40 the mean of
the averages of the last ten years.
The condition at harvest of winter and
spring rye combined was 9O2, against
$40 last year, S4.2 in 1900 and S5.4 the
mean of the averages of the last ten
years.
The average condition of buckwhelt
on Sept. l was S6.4, against 91.4 on Aug.
/, 1902, 900 one year ago. 500 on Sept.
1, 1900, and S4,7 the mean of the ever
ages for the last ten years.
Seven of the principal tobacco States
show conditions ranging from l to Il
points above their ten-year averages,
while in Kentucky, New York and Ten
nessee conditions are 2. . and points
respectively below such averages.
The average of clover seed has bean
considerably reduced since last year. only
two of the principal Maryland
and Ohio--reporti2g even a small in
crease. The other important States, eX-
cept Kansas, in which State the area
is the same as last year, report decreases.
In California. Utah and Colorado eondi-
tons are below the ten-year averages,
while all other States except Maryland,
in which State the condition is the same
as the ten-ycar average, report conditions
aboTe such averages.
During August the condition of hops
declined 1 point in Oregon and in New
York. and improved points in Califor-
mia, while the condition in Washington
remained unchanged during the month.
Apple Outlook Favorabl
OF the States having 100000 trees
and upward in apples eleven report an I'M
provement in condition during August.
All but six of the important apple-grow-
ing States report conditions ranging from
{ to 81 points above their teuyear aver
ages; in Ohio Il condition agreed with
such averages, While Indiana. West Nir-
GINA, Virginia. Tennessee and Kentucky
report conditions below such average.
Reports as to the production Of peaches
as compared with full crop in the i'm
portant peach growing States range from
10 per cent in Illinois to 80 in Oklahoma.
In all hut eight of the States having
1900, 600 trees and upward in 1889 pro-
duction exceeding the ten-year average is
probable.
In all the States in which the produc-
ton Of grapes is of more than local i'm
portance the condition is equal TO or
above the teE-year average.
There is decrease "a the number of
stock hogs now being fattencd as COM