Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1899 — CONDITION OF CROPS. [ARTICLE]

CONDITION OF CROPS.

Corn Promises Heavy Yield—Government Report for September. The September report of the statistician of the Department of Agriculture shows the following averages of condition on Sept. 1: Corn * 85.2 Wheat : 70.9 Oats 87.2 Rye ....- 82.0 Buckwheat 75.2 Potatoes 86.3 Barley 80.7 There was a decline in the average condition of corn during August amounting to 4.7 points, but the condition on Sept. 1 was still 1.1 points higher than on Sept. 1, 1898, 5.9 points higher than at the corresponding date in 1897. and 2.9 points above the mean of the September averages for the lns( ten years. There was a decline during August of 3 points in Ohio and Missouri, 2 in Illinois, 9 in Kansas and 14 in Nebraska, aud the averages in the Southern States are nearly all somewhat lower than on Aug. 1. On the other band, there was a slight appreciable gain, represented by about 1 point, in Kentucky, Indiana and lowa. The condition of winter and spring wheat consolidated is 70.9, as compared with 80.7 on Sept. 1, 1898, 85.7 at the corresponding date in 1897. aud 82.5, the meau of the September averages for the last ten years.