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Show LH $ GENERAL REVIEW. OF CROP i, CONDITIONS, nited States Department of Agri- H I culture, Bureau of Statistics, H Washington, D. C. ' w. H' On August i, crop conditions in IJH the United States were, in the aggre mM gate .somewhat better (2 per cent) H than a year ago, but slightly (1 per H efcnt) below a ten-year average con- H Gition on that date. Of the crops that H fpc above the average may be mgn- H Mpne'd winter w 'it, hayt cotton anJ H tsbacco. Corn, - irlcy, rye, buck- H Mneat ,nppics and flax arc islightly H below the average, potatoes above 5 H per cent below, and oats neatly 10 H per cent below the average. H The Qonditions vary, however, in H the different sections of thetJnitcd H States. H In the North Atlantic States gener H al conditions are slightly better (1 m ly below (2 per cent) the ten-year B average condition on August 1. Corn, whoat and apples arc slightly to moderately mod-erately above the average condition, while hay, potatoes, oats, rye, buckwheat buck-wheat and barley arc below; the dc-ficicncy dc-ficicncy in condition of potatoes is about 10 per cent, and of hay ab.pu 4 per cent. Jf In the North, Central States- which .1? arc East of the Mississippi River, general crop conditions arc about. 1 per cent below a year ago and afcout 4 per cent below the average. Corn is about 7 .per cent below, oats 18 p.cr cent below, potatoes 4 per cent below, apples 20 per cent below, and tobacco 6 per cent below the average, llajfis good, being about 10 p,cr cent above the average; wheat, barley, rye and grapes -arc slightly above, and peaches are about 50 per cent above the aVfcr .? ' - ; , . 1 I . In the North Central States wSt of the Mississippi River, ,crop con-ditiQns con-ditiQns in the aggregate arc-practically the same as the ten-year average, and nearly 3 per cent better than a year ago. r . Illay alone of.' the important crops is materially aibovc (14 per cent)' the-average; rye is slightly better bet-ter and peaches about 40 per cent better 4han the average. Practically all the other important crops show a more or less lower condition than fUhc average," corn being about 'li1 per cent, wheat 2 tp 3 per cent, oats&6 p4r cent, flac 2 per cent, brrley 3 per cent, and apples 20 per cent, respfc- , tivcly,, below. The -condition of pb- Atatoc5 is about the average, In the South Atlantic States crop conditions arc favorable, being about "4 ifcr"ccnt better than a year ago and nearly 5 per cent above the average. Rice and potatoes arc the only one. . of the important crops which are lfc- low their tcn-yaar averages. Tljc . j. relative betterment of the other important im-portant crops above their average Vis, GOt'ton s per cent, corn 3 per Gciil, liay 10 per cent, wheat 4 per cent, toba'ceo' 6 per cent, sweet potatoes nearly 1 per dent, apples 25 per Gent, peaches 40 r enr and oats 4 rffr it r ' V cent. ,- . ; ,, In" the South Central States, al, conditions arc favoralble, being about 8 per cent better thariVyoar ago, aifd 2 per cent better tliatu flie average. Cotton, the most important crop, lias-. lias-. the same condition as the tcn-ydnr average. Corn isp per cent abqye per' Gent, tobaGGO 5 -per Qqn(rswcct potatoes, oats and rice, each 4 per ocnt, and peaches 10 per cent, respectively, re-spectively, above their average, con-. con-. dition. Apples arc 12 ;pcr cent below, be-low, and potatoes, sorgum, and sugar cone are each slightly below the average, condition. In the far Western States, conditions condi-tions arc not so favorable, being about 5 per cent below a year ago, and nearly 5 per -cent below the ten-year ten-year average condition. Nearly all the important crops arc below the average. Peaches, however, arc abou: 15 per cent better, and grapes slightly better. The approximate extent of deficiency in the condition of other crops is, hay, 8 per cent; wheat, 6 per cent; barley, 8 per cent; oats, 4 per cent; potatoes, 3 per cent; and apples, 1 per cent. C. C. CLARK, Acting Chief of Bureau. |
