Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1903 — CORN AVERAGE HIGHER. [ARTICLE]

CORN AVERAGE HIGHER.

t. ‘ " Increased Yield Ie Indicated by the Government Report. v The monthly report of the chief of the bureau of statistics of the Departmett of Agriculture shows the condition of corn on Sept. Lto have been-80.1, as compared with 78.7 on Aug. 1, 1903 ; 84.3 on Sept. 1, J 902; 51.7 at the corresponding date in 1901 and a ten-year average of 79.3. These figures as well as those on other crops indicate the condition on Sept. 1, and no attempt is made to anticipate the results from future weather conditions. . The following table shows for each'of the twenty principal corn States the condition on Sept. 1 of the last three years and that on Aug. 1, 1903, with the tenyear averages:

_> TenSept. Aug. Sept. Sept, year 1/03.1/03.1/02. 1/01. av. Illinois 77 74 94 40 83 lowa G 7 72 91 55 82 Nebraska 80 75 101 83 C 9 Kansas 72 67 91 10 68 Missouri 76 71 102 29 82 Texas 01 95 37 46 73 Indiana 76 75 99 49 85 Georgia 89 88 66 80 87 Tennessee 91 85 72 50 81 Kentucky 81 79 82 56 84 Ohio 67 73 93 60 83 Alabama 99 90 54 70 82 North Carolina ....SO 83 88 71 87 Arkansas 90 80 90 37 88 Mississippi 98 92 60 60 78 Virginia 83 85 84 94 85 South Carolina ....83 78 81 61 82 South Dakota 89 89 TiT 64 74 Oklahoma 72 71 80 20 59 Pennsylvania 79 80 90 94 85 United States 80.1 78.7 84,3 51.7 70.8 The average condition at harvest of winter and spring wheat combined was 74.7, against 80 on Sept. 1, 1902, 82.8 at the corresponding date in 1901, and a ten-year average of 78.3. The following table shows foT each of the seventeen principal wheat States the condition on Sept. 1 of the last three years, with the ten-year averages:

. TenSept. Sept. Sept, year 1/03, 1/02. 1/01. av. Kansas 80 40 09 68 Minnesota 76 81 75 60 North Dakota 73 94 82 75 South Dakota 88 93 69 70 Nebraska 75 96 60 72 California 70 78 91 82 Missouri j 53 101 98 78 Indiana 00 88 90 74 9J?}° , .75 89 75 70 J* Un °ls 59 90 89 69 Pennsylvania 82 80 81 84 Oklahoma 84 60 93 81 Texas 83 50 48 75 Washington 78 93 102 02 Tennessee 07 56 90 84 «4 74 80 85 Michigan 85 90 55 74 United 5tate5^.......... 74.7 80.0-82.8 78v3. Tlie average condition of the oat crop on Sept. 1 was 75.7. against 79.5 on Aug. 1, 1903; 87.2 011 Sept. 1, 1902; 72.1 on the corresponding dat# in 1901, and a ten-year average of 80. G. The average condition of barley on Sept. 1 was 82.1, against 83.4 on Aug. 1, 1903, 89.7 on Sept. 1, 1902, 83.8 at the corresponding date in 1901 and a tenyear average of 82.2. The average condition of rye on Sept. 1 was 84.1, against 87.2 one month ago, 90.2 Sept. 1, 1902, 84.9 at the corresponding date in 1901, and a ten-year average of 85.5. The average condition of flax on Sept. 1 was 80.5, against 80.3 one month ago and 86.2 on July 1, 1903. , The average condition of potatoes on Sept. 1 was 81.3, against 87.2 one month ago, 80.1 on Sept. 1, 1902, 52.2 at the corresponding date in 1901, and a tenyear average of 76. The average condition of tobacco on Sept. J was 83.4, against 82.9 one mouth ago and 85.1 on July 1, 1903.