Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1909 — Government Crop Report. [ARTICLE]

Government Crop Report.

The following crop estimates were issued Thursday by the government crop reporting board of the department of agriculture: Corn—Area planted, 109,006,00# acres, an increase of 7,218,000 acre* (7.1 per cent), as compared with the final estimate of last year’s acreage; average condition 89.8 on July 1, 1908, 80.2 on July 1, 1907, and 84.8 the tenyear average on July 1. Winter Wheat—Average condition on July 1, or when harvested, 82.4 per cent, as compared with 80.7 last month; 80.6 at harvest, 1909; 78.3 in 1907, aud 79.6 the average at time of harvest for the past ten years. Spring Wheat—Average condition 92.7 per cent as compared with 95.2 last month; 89.4 on July 1, 1908; 87.2 on July 1, 1907, and 87.0 the ten-year average on July 1. The amount of wheat remaining on farms, 2.3 per cent of last year’s crop, or about 15,062,000 bushels as compared with 33,797,000 on July 1,190 S, and 43,608,000, the average amount on farms on July 1, for the- past ten averages. Oats—Average condition 88.3 per cent as compared with 88.7 last month; 85.7 on July 1, 1908; 81.0 on July 1, 1907, and 86.8, the ten-year average on July 1. i