Show August Crop Report Washington Aug 10The August report re-port of tho statistician of the Department Depart-ment of Agriculture shows the following averages of condition iu to August 1st Corn S75 spring wheat 54 oats E50 barley 716 spring rye 700 buckwheat S79 potatoes SS2 timothy hay 799 The average condition or corn declined two points during July and on August 1st It was 21 points lower than at tho corresponding corre-sponding dab last year but 5 point higher high-er than on August 1 1S98S and 13 points above tho mean average of tho August averages for tho lust ten years Tho average condition of spring wheat Improved 12 points during July but on August 1st it was 272 points lower than at tho corresponding dato last year 401 points lower than on August 1 1S3S and 27S points below the mut n of the August averages of tho last ten years Tho conditions con-ditions In the principal States are an follows fol-lows Minnesota IS 1 South Dakota 49 North Dakota 25 Nebraska 61 Iowa II During July this was un Improvement of 10 points In Minnesota 5 In South Dakota ana 1 point In Iowa and a decline of 5 points In North Dakota and 2 points In Nebraska Tim average condition of oats declined 5 during July and on August 1st It was G8 iHlnts lower than at tho corresponding dato last year The average conditions of barley declined de-clined 17 points during July and on August Au-gust 1st was 22 points lower than at tho corresponding dato Sast year 77 points lower than on August 1 1SOS nnd 137 points below the mean of the August averages aver-ages of tho lust ten years Tho conditions condi-tions In tho principal States arc California Cali-fornia 75 Iowa S7 Minnesota CO Wisconsin Wis-consin 70 North Dakota 2S South Dakota Da-kota 57 Kansas 7fi During July there In South was an Improvement of 6 points Dakota and a decline of 7 nolnts in California Cali-fornia 5 In Iowa and 3 In Minnesota The average condition of potatoes declined de-clined 31 points during July Of the thirteen principal sweet potato producing Slates live report an Improvement Improve-ment during July and six a decline tho conditions remaining unchanged In tho other States |