| Show Condition of Crops Washington Sept 10 The monthly re report report report port of or the statistician of ot the department of ot agriculture shows the average condi comB condition condition tion of corn on Sept 1 to have been There was a decline during August amounting to 23 points and the condition on the first of the present month was points lower Jower than on Sept 1 1 1900 1200 points lower than at the corresponding date in 1899 31 n points below the mean of the September averages a for the last ten years ears and 83 85 8 points below the lowest September average that of 1881 ever be before beCore before fore Core recorded While the August rains were beneficial to late planted corn it Is only onh In a few states that the crop as a whole shows an improvement or has even held its ts own for the month There has been a decline of ot 13 points in Ohio S 8 in Indiana 2 in Illinois Iowa and Texas and 3 in Nebraska In Kansas and Mis Missouri Missouri sourS the local gains and losses Josses about counterbalance each other and In tn these states the condition of the crop as a whole is represented by the same figures as aR on Aug 12 The rho average condition at harvest In winter and spring wheat combined was I against last year In 1899 and a average of North Da Ba Dakota DaI Bakota I kota California and Oregon report an even 7 points p Washington 12 Indiana 16 Illinois 19 Missouri 22 and Kansas 28 points above their respective averages On the other hand the average condition in Iowa is 2 points in Ohio and South Dakota 3 Pennsylvania 6 Minne Minnesota Minnesota sota and Nebraska 8 Michigan 22 and Texas 36 points below the respective ten year Averages of states Th average condition of oats when har harvested harvested vested was against last year In 1899 and a average of Of the states having the largest acreage devoted to this product only Iowa and Minnesota report a condition com comparing comparing paring favorably with their t averages the former being one point and the latter four points above such aver averages averages ages On the other han har the condition of the crop In Ohio and Michigan was 36 26 points In Illinois Indiana Minnesota 84 Wisconsin and Nebraska 20 so Kansas 21 New York 25 Pennsylvania 34 51 and MIs 31 points below the respective ten year Of these states TheM condition of barley when ws was against last year OT and the mean of the aver averages averages ages if jf the last ten years Tha The condition at harvest of winter and spring rye combined was against last year and the mean of the aver averages averages ages of the last ten years The average condition of potatoes on Sept 1 was against on Aug 1 1901 80 0 on Sept 1 1900 at the corres corresponding date in and the mean of the September averages of the last ten years The present condition Is the lowest ever reported in September being points below that of 1894 the lowest previous September condition There has been a general decline in the tho condition of sweet potatoes since Aug 1 although live of the principal states still show a condition equal to or above I that of a month ago Five of the more Important apple grow i lag Ing states report an improvement in con condition during August such Improvement amounting to 1 point in Indiana 2 S points In Kentucky 3 in iii Tennessee 11 U in Mis Missouri and 12 11 In Kansas Only three of the states Indiana Virginia and Kansas report conditions above their averages while the remainder of the states report conditions below such aver averages averages ages ranging front from 1 point in Kentucky to 42 points In New York Reports as to the production of peaches as compared with a full crop In the Im Important important peach growing states range from 66 56 per cent In Texas to 76 In Tennessee but three states showing an indicated production equal to or above that indi indicated tn ix September 1900 In all hut two or of the principal peach growing states however a production exceeding the ten year average is probable la In all the tho states in which the growing of r grapes is or of more than local import importance I ance except California the present con condition condition Is below the average There is a decrease in the number of stock hogs bogs being fattened as compared with the number a year ago In every state except Arizona whore where an Increase of 17 per cent Is noted Reports as to and weight of stock hogs indicate a condition above the average In but two Ohio and Pennsylvania in each of which tha present condition is 3 points above such average |
