New-York tribune., 1906-09-11
CONDITION OF CROPS.
CORN SHOPS INCREASE.
Department of Agriculture Reports
Ii To BE 92.2 on September I.

Washington. Sept. 1O-The crop reporting
board Of the Bureau OF Statistics of the Depart
ment of Agriculture ands the condition Of corn
900 on September !, as compared with SS.1 last
month. s95 on September /. 1905. SAG at the
corresponding date in 1904 and a ten-year aver
age Of 81.
The average condition OF spring wheat when
harvested was S34 This is the third year that
spring wheat has been separately reported upon
September /: comparison is therefore made
with the condition one month ago. which was
S69 with that reported September l. 1905 which
was SI-S. and with that reported September l.
1904. which was 662. The condition in the five
principal states is reported as follows: Mime
sofa. 20; North Dakota. 81: South Dakota. SS;
Iowa. 90. and Washington. ~.
The average condition Of the oat crop when
harvested was sL9. against s2S last month;
903 reported September /. 1905; $50 at the cor
responding date in 1904. and ten year average
Of Sl9
The average condition of barley when har-
vested was S94. against 9O3 on August l. 1906:
SIS reported on September 1. 1905; 81. at the
corresponding date in 1904 and a ten year aver
age Of s37.
The average condition OF rye when harvested
was S05. against COS reported on September l.
1865; 500 reported September l. 1904. and a
ten year average Of S6.5.
The average condition OF buckwheat on Sep
tember was 91.2. against 93-2 one month ago;
9ls on September / 1905: 91.5 at the CORE
spending date in 1904 and a ten year average
OF Ss4.
The average condition Of tobacco on septem-
Der !. 1906. was $50, against SD month
ago; S51 on September 1905: S37 at the cor
responding date in 1904. and a five year average
Of SIS
The average condition OF potatoes on Septenl-
ber was s53. aaginst 50 one month ago; 500
on September !. 1905: 91.6 at the corresponding
date in 1904 and ten year average Of 1872
The average condition OF cotton on August 25
was 77.3. as compared with 50 9 on July % 1906
12.1 on August %. 1905; 81. on August % 1904
and ten year average OF 732
This report is made in conformity with the act
OF Congress requiring condition reports OF the
cotton crop by this bureau TO be issued on the
same date as the first ginners' report by the
Bureau Of Census in months in which both
classes of reports are issued.
A bulletin issued to-day by the Census Bureau
places the cotton ginned in the United States up
10 September i. 1906 at 403. 200 bales counting
round bales half bales. Up TO the same time
last year 476,655 bales had been ginned.
The amount ginned during the present year in
the various states was: Alabama. d. .2O5; Ar
kansas 443; Florida ]. $50: George. 24.556; Ind
ian Territory. 8: Louisiana, 1892; Mississippi.
9.541; North Carolina. II: Oklahoma 3; South
Carolina. :. IA; Tennessee. g. and Texas. 324 45S
hales.
The report shows that in all the states there
against S629 in 1905.
AS figured by Henry Heinzer. statistician Of
the New York Produce Exchange. the govern
ment report indicates crop of spring wheat OF
266.231.OO0 bushels. which compares with 2Ts.-
$4,000 last month. and the harvest of 264, ,516.-
655 bushels in 1906. The total indicated wheat
crop is 1596710O0 bushels, against the total
harvest OF 692 979 4S9 bushels in 1905 For corn
the indication is 2. .7s0O69 600 bushels as COM
pared with the 1905 harvest of 2.7O7 1913 $40
bushels, and the last indication of 2713 1874 900