112 IOWA DEPARTxMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Conditions of Crops and Fruit. — Winter wheat, 96; spring wheat, 

 93; corn already planted, 75; oats, 93; barley, 96; rye, 94; meadows, 

 109; pastures, 107; flax, 84; potatoes, 91; apples, 70; plums, 35; peaches, 

 40; cherries, 35; grapes, 70; strawberries, 90; blackberries, 92; rasp- 

 berries, 85. 



Live Stock. — Cattle, 99; sheep, 99; hogs, 98; spring pigs, 89; horses, 

 96; foals, 95. 



Last year at corresponding date conditions were rated as follows: 

 Corn, 97 per cent; wheat, 99; oats, 98; barley, 100; rye, 99; flax, 98; 

 potatoes, 103; meadows, 96; apples, 70; plums, 72; cherries 70; grapes, 

 72; strawberries, 80; raspberries, 71; blackberries, 67. 



CROP REPORT, JULY 1, 1903. 



Reports from county and township crop reporters for July 1st have 

 been tabulated, showing the following percentages of condition: Spring 

 wheat, 88 per cent; corn, 77; cats, 87; barley, 89; rye, 98; flax, 85; 

 meadows, 104; pastures, 107; potatoes, 96; apples, 70; plums, 49; 

 grapes, 78. 



Last year at corresponding date the percentages were as follows: 

 Wheat, 97; corn, 92; oats, 95; rye, 98; barley, 97; flax, 99; potatoes, 108; 

 meadows, 99; pastures, 107; apples, 65; grapes, 65. 



A revised estimate of the area of corn planted this year shows 87 

 per cent, or an average decrease of 13 per cent, compared with the area 

 planted in 1902. 



CROP REPORT, AUGUST 1, 1903. 



Reports from township and county crop correspondents of the Iowa 

 Weather and Crop Service have been tabulated, showing the following 

 estimates of the condition of the staple crops on August 1, 1903: Spring 

 wheat, 82 per cent; corn, 73; oats, 77; millet, 96; flax, 8«; buckwheat, 

 89; pastures, 104; sorghum, 84; potatoes, 80; apples, 65; grapes, 80. 



At corresponding date last year the estimates were as follows: Spring 

 wheat, 84; corn, 93; oats, 83; flax. 91; potatoes, 107; apples. 66. 



