Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1897 — GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT. [ARTICLE]

GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT.

Wheat Shown an Average Condition of 83.7 Per Cent. The September report of the statistician of the department of agriculture shows the following average conditions on Sept. 1: Corn, 79.3; oats, 84.6; rye, 90.1; tobacco, 75.5; wheat, 85.7; barley, 86.4; buckwheat, 95.1; potatoes, 66.7. The condition of corn, 79.3, is 4.9 points lower than last month, 11.7 points lower than on Sept. 1,1896, and 3.3 points lower than the September average for the last ten years. The principal State averages are as follows: Ohio, 84; Michigan, 88; Indiana, 82; Illinois, 84; lowa, 70; Missouri, 74; Kansas, 61; Nebraska, 87; Texas, 81; Tennessee, 85, and Kentucky, 83. The condition of wheat, 85.7, is 11.1 points higher than on Sept. 1, 1896, and 4.5 points higher than the September average for the last ten years. There is a marked decline in the principal springwheat States as compared with last month. The average condition of oats is 84.6, as compared with 86 on Aug. 1, with 74 on Sept. 1,1896, and with 80.7 the September average for the last ten years. The average condition of barley, 86.4, ehows a decline of 1 point during the month, but is higher by 3.3 points than on Sept. 1, 1896, and by 1.9 points than the September average for the last ten years. The average condition of 90.1 is 8.1 points higher than on Sept. 1, 1896, and 3.1 points above the average for the last ten years. The condition of buckwheat, •05.1, sb-ws a slight improvement during the month. It is 1.9 points higher than on Sept. 1, 1896, and 7.3 points higher than the September average for the last ten years. The condition of tobacco has declined 3.2 points during the month, and is now 6' points belew the condition on Sept. 1, 1896, and 4 points below the average condition for the last ten years. The average condition -of potatoes has continued to fall, and is now only 66.7, or 11.2 points lower than on Aug. 1, 10.5 points lower than on Sept. 1, 1896, and 11.7 points below the average for the last ten years. The number of hogs for fattening shows

a decrease of 9.2 per cent, from that of last year. In point of condition the stock hogs are 1 point lower than on Sept Jl, 1886, and .7 of a point below the September average for the last ten years.