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potatoes, 93.8. The outlook for a general fruit crop, with practi- 

 cally no peaches, is 76.6. 



August 3 — Conditions throughout the State are generally en- 

 couraging. Corn fields present a dark rich green appearance. 

 The condition of corn for the State is 84.6. The crop has been well 

 cultivated and practically none has been lost by overflows. The 

 wheat yield for the State is estimated at 12.7 bushels per acre, or 

 slightly more than the preliminary estimate of 12.4 bushels. A 

 few yields of 45 to 50 bushels per acre are reported. The prelim- 

 inary estimate on yield of oats is 30 bushels per acre. Some reports 

 are from 60 to 75 bushels per acre. Meadows are surpassing all 

 early expectations. Preliminary estimates show yield of timothy 

 hay 1.25 tons per acre; clover 1.2; first cutting of alfalfa 1.4; mixed 

 hay 1.4; prairie hay 1.1. Indications are for a record harvest of 

 timothy seed. An unusual amount of blue grass and other grass 

 seeds have been saved. Condition of pasture is 77, the State aver- 

 age being reduced by the low condition of 56 for the Northwest sec- 

 tion. Fruit condition is 73 ; broom corn, 81 ; flax, 77 ; melons, 73 ; 

 tobacco, 82 ; cotton, 69 ; cowpeas, 85. 



September 7 — The condition of corn bids fair to make a good 

 yield, if not a record crop, being 86.8 for the State. This is the 

 highest end-of-August average on record in this office with the 

 exception of three years— 1902, 108; 1905, 95; 1906, 87.8. By 

 sections, corn conditions show: Northeast, 94; Northwest, 91; 

 Central, 91; Southwest, 71; Southeast, 87. Corn cutting is later 

 than usual, and the indications are that comparatively little corn 

 will be cut. Lack of rainfall in some sections has retarded the 

 plowing of ground for wheat. According to reports but 44 per 

 cent of the wheat ground has been plowed. Indications are that 

 only about 91 per cent as much ground will be seeded to wheat as 

 was seeded last fall. In many localities threshing has been delayed, 

 and at this time it is estimated that 17.6 per cent of the 1912 wheat 

 crop is yet in the field. A later estimate of the yield of oats places 

 it at 30.6 bushels per acre. The timothy seed crop is estimated at 

 118 per cent as compared with an average year. Yield of rye for 

 the State is placed at 13.8 bushels per acre; buckwheat, 25 bushels; 

 barley, 28 bushels; flax, 7. Condition of pastures is 76.4; cotton, 

 84; tobacco, 87.5; cowpeas, 82.2. 



October 1 — The condition of corn for the State is 86.4. This 

 is the highest since 1906. By sections present corn conditions 



