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Show COM '0FCR0PS Winter Wheat Is Good But Corn and Spring Wheal Are Poor Washington, An?. S. The average condition of the com crop. August 1, ' as estimated by the crop lep.jrting , board of the department of agrlcnl- . ture. made today with the general ' crop monthly report, -.-.as 7H.3 as compared com-pared with S5.10 last month, 84.10 a, year ayo and S2.1 the average on August 1e: for the last ten yors. j Preliminary returns indicate a win- ; ter wheat yield of clout lo.S bushel j an acre, or a total or about 43S,"J1.-000 43S,"J1.-000 bushel?, as compared with 1 aS j and 4J6.3CC,ooO bushels i effectively, as finally estimated last year. The average quality of the crop Is &2.iJ against 00.3 last year. The average condition of oats on August 1 was 81.5 as compared with 50.2 last month and 35.5 a year ago. : 7f..S in lfOS and S2 C the ten-year j average of that date. The average of spring wheat on j August 1, was 61.0 n-. compared with r.l.r, last month, 91 G last year and 81.9 ; the ten-year average. j The average condition of tobacco on 1 August 1st. was 78.5 as compared with 85.3 last month, 83.4 a year ago, S5.S in 1908 and 82.6. the ten-year average, on that date. The eonditlon in lmv portant tobacco states was; J Kentucky, 77; North Carolina, 74; Virginia. 85; Ohio. S.; Pennsylvania,! 8G; Tennessee, 80; Wisconsin. CO; ' South Carolina, 73; Connecticut, S5; j Florida, 82. |