The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-11
WHEAT ACREAGE
 SHOWS DECREASE Look for Government Crop Re-
 port Issued MORE BARLEY IS PLANTED Present Prospects for the Peach Crop Are Quite Favorable-Acreage Devoted to Rice In the South
 Has Been Reduced.
MORE BARLEY IS PLANTED

Washington, June 1o.-Preliminary re- ports of the spring wheat acreage indi- cate reduction of about $2,511.oOO acres or 12.S per cent Of the nineteen states representing spring wheat, thirteen report
 A reduced acreage, Washington being the
 only state having 100000 acres or upward
 in this product that reports an increase There is a reduction of 745,0OO acres m
 Minnesota and of 9O5,000 acres in North
 Dakota, due largely to unf' voraole
 weather conditions during sowing time In the Red River valley; reduction or 4oV'-
 900 acres in South Dakoti., resulting in the
 main from an increasing tendency toward a greater diversihcation of crops, and reduction of 34O,OO0 acres in Nebraska
 consequent upon that gradual yielding of
 spring wheat to winter wheat which IS
 going on in almost every section or the
 state
 The average condition of spring wheat on June 1. was 94.4 as compared With sz
 at the corresponding date last year. S''S on June 1, 1900, and a ten years average | of 92.6. The present reported average condition has been exceeded only three l times the last fifteen years. Of the 1 states having one million acres or upward
 in spring wheat, South Dakota reports
 A condition of 100, North Dakota s6 and Minnesota and Iowa 95. In Washington
 and Oregon which together have over 1. 100. GOO acres in spring wheat, the condi- tion averages are s7 and 9S, respectively. Winter Wheat.
 The average condition of winter wheat | on June 1 was 76.1 as compared with l I6.4 on May 1, 1902; SIS on June 19Ol Szo | on June l. 1900, and S03 the mean or the | June averages of the last ten years Dur 1 ing the month of May there was gam
 of 8 points in Michigan, Illinois ana Kan sas, of one point in Indiana, points Tn Nebraska and points in Oklahoma On 1 the other hand there was a loss or z
 points in California and points in Penn l svlvania with no measurable change in | Ohio.
 The total reported acreage in oats IS | about four-tentis of enc per cent m eX- l cess of the acreage harvested last year. ] The changes In acreage are very cVeniy
 distributed and are generally inconsid-
 eraple-25 states and territories, repre- 1 senting some enlargement Of their acre
 age. and "A some reductions Of the nine
 states having one million acres or up-
 wp1ds in oats, New York, Ohio. illinois, | Wisconsin and Minnesota report an in- | crease in acreage, no case exceeding 1 per cent: ard Pennsylvania, Indiana, | Iowa and Nebraska a decrease, which
 only in the last mentioned state exceeds | 1 per cent.
 Barley Production.
 The average condition of oats is 9O.6,
 against S5S on June l, 1901; sl.1 at the | corresponding date in 1900 and q ten
 year lvetage of 90. or the states having | one million acres or upward Tn oats, Min l ncsota and Indiana report conditions cor | responding exactly with their respective | ter-year averages; Minnesota reports 2, 1 Iowa 2, Illinois and Wisconsin points l above and Nebraska 1, New York ?, 1 Ohio and Pennsylvania 13 points below i tEeir respective ten-ycar averages
 The acreage reported as under barley
 exceeds the acreage harvested last year | by S.5 per cent. Ill the states haviug 1oO,-
 coo acres or upward devoted to this crop, | there Is an increase in area amounting to | Ter sent in Kansas, 5 per cent in South 1 Dakota, Washington and California:
 per cent in Minnesota, and 95 per cent 1 in North Dakota, the Increase in the state l last named being almost entirely due to l the substitution of barley for wheat in
 that section of the state where wheat l
 wet weather. On the ether hand there is | a decrease of l per cent in Wisconsin, 2 l per cent in New York and per cent in
 Iowa.
 The average condition in barley .s s3.e 1 against 91 on June l. lSCi s6,2 at the cor responding date In 1900 and ten year average of ss.s The ten year averages l are exceeded by points ir Washington,
 in Minnesota and Iowa, In California,
 in North Dakota and South Dakota and
 10 in Wisconsin. while New York and l Kansas report conditions ? and points. ! respectively. below such average. i The acreage under eye shows. reduc- ,ion of 1ve-tenths of one per cent from i shat harvested last year. There Is an | increase of i per cent in New York 2
 per cent in Wisconsin and per cent In ! Nebraska while Pennsylvania and Mich | igan each report a reduction of l per 1 cent.
 1 Condition of Rye.
 1 The average condition ot rye Is ss.i as i compared with s3,s on June ]. 1907, S7.6 at
 the correspondng date in 1900 and ten
 year average of s93. The ten year aver l ages are exceeded by two points in Mich
 igan and points in Wisconsin and Ne | braska. while the conditions for New
 York and Pennsylvania are and points.
 respectively below such averages.
 The acreage of clover for the country l as a whole cannot be satisfactorily de- termined, but the changes in the principal
 states have been reported. An increase
 of per cent Is noted in California, per
 cent in Nebraska 4 per cent in Minne-
 sota, per cent in Kansas and 10 per
 cent in South Dakota. In New York,
 Pennsylvania and Michigan decrease of
 1 per cent Is reported. Ohio and Wisconsin
 per cent. Iowa and Indiana 10 per cent,
 Illinois Il per cent, Missouri 21 per cent.
 The condition of clover exceeds the ten
 year average by points in California,
 3 points In Minnesota, 5 in Michigan and | in South Dakota and Wisconsin, In