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Show THE JULY CROP RtPCRT. A HulUdnfrom tli Agricultural Depart-ni.nl Depart-ni.nl I kit Vary aauurciu-. WASttiNtiTON, July 11 The July report re-port of the department of agriculture makes the acre: ge compared w ith the breadth harvested last year, of corn, 10S.3; potatoes, 102.3; tobacco, 102.0. The condition of com is O-l.t. winter wheat 1)0.2, spring wheat 0-1.1, rye Oil. 1), oats C 7.6. barley 0U.!. potatoes !3.3, tobacco to-bacco 91.1. The Increase in corn acreage acre-age is more apparent than the real. A comparison made with the breadth harvested har-vested last year when the loss was heavy eu account of the drouth. The present return makes the acreage slightly less than Ts.WW.OOO acres, or somewhat smaller than the acreage planted last year. The crop is la!" in j all sections ou account of drouth at: 4 j unfavorable conditions at the lime of j j planting and the cool weather tinting I I May, butJiine was warm with iilmtol- I j ant muiitutT arid the crop is coining ! 'orvvard rapid y. j i la Ohio aud the upper Ms',-.ip'ii I valley the progress tinting the month : was c-pecia'ly er -.t.fy'tig. but in Kansas Kan-sas and Nel.rast a coiisi lor:, hie i!:imv i reMil'eil f t u the. eveessi'. e rai'tfatl. I n i many districts the June rains prevented roper working, leaving the holds bo !. j imt a fw days of sun -.bine won,.', remedy this. The tenet a! average i" a frartio'ii below that of less and U'.hi'U.d ' slightly above that of vyj. Tiie averages of the surp' is sta'es' are: ( 'hio, ti.p Iii liai.t. !'i; lUinr ': s, 'it',; Iowa. Sti; Misoiri, HH, Kansas. K'; Ne-bri.sV. Ne-bri.sV. a. In. The condition tf winter wheat is returned re-turned practically the same r.s in Juno. The crop is harvested eci pt in the more norttiern regions. The highest aver igo is report. td kin" 1s7'i with one exct ptjro. Tiie sventgi s of the principal stales are: Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, lis; Ohio, 7: Mlcltigai--. , Indiana, hP; Illinois. US; Ohio, Hi:. Michigan, Mich-igan, IIP: M.ssouri, hs, Kansas, PI, ( aii-fornii. aii-fornii. UK. Tim condition of spring wheat has irtipraved iluring June, tho ed vaneo heii:g in Mitifics da and the Iai;otis where the inontii was cvccptii na'.'y favorcble. hinch bug have appeared in poi tioiis of the iiorlhto-t, 1 1 1 Wita no appreciabl-t damage yet. The Jdato averages are V 1 coi.'i'ie, 7i ; Min- nesola, HI; Iowa, !i'i; Nebia'ka. '.': North Dakota, Wt; South Dakota, 1'7; nshiugtoi), ( sts have improved during the month but the general average is the lowest reported since ls?P, except in 1 77, w hen the July condition of 1.;) was folh-wed by a practical failure of crops. The return of polstoes shows the condition con-dition higher thau the average id recent years, while that of tobacco is higher than in any year hiuee ISM. The fruit prospects sat very flattering in New England, and the north Atlantic stales, and west of the Missouri river to the Dae'iiio coast. The crop in Ohio and Michigaa is materially damaged by the frosts. . |