154 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



CROP REPORT JUNE 1, 1904 



Reports received June 1st from country and township corespondents of 

 the State Weather and Crop Service show the following results as to the 

 number of acres and average condition of staple farm crops; also the con- 

 dition of fruit and live stock. 



Corn. — Total number of acres, 9,052,450 — an increase of about 7 per cent 

 as compared with the average of the past six years, and 1,500,000 acres in 

 excess of the area actually harvested in 1903. The average condition of corn 

 about June 1st was 90 per cent, or about 15 points above the estimated con- 

 dition at corresponding date last year. 



Wheat. — The area of spring wheat sown this season appears to be only 

 775,040 acres, a decrease of about 377,000 acres as compared with the 

 acreage in 1902. The winter wheat acreage is about 71,030 acres. Condi- 

 tion of spring wheat, 94 per cent; winter wheat, 85 per cent. 



Oats. — Area seeded, 4,018,980 acres; a decrease of about 190,000 acres 

 compared with the acerage of 1901, or about 5 per cent below the normal 

 area. The condition is placed at 92 per cent. 



Barley. — Area seeded, 493,370 acres; decrease since 1901, about 38,300 

 acres. Condition June 1st, 93 per cent. 



Rye, — Area seeded, 99,590 acres; decrease since 1901, about 25,000 

 acres. Condition June 1st, 91 per cent. 



Flax. — Area seeded, 51,370 acres; decrease since 1901, 23,130 acres. 

 Condition of crops, 85 per cent. 



Potatoes,— Area planted, 113,250 acres; condition 95 percent. Acre- 

 age about normal. 



Meadows. — Area 2,797,640 acres; an average of recent years. Condi- 

 tion 96 per cent. Condition of pastures, 97 per cent. 



Condition of Fruit. — Apples, 91; plums, 89; peaches, 48; grapes, 87; 

 cherries, 83; strawberries, 94; raspberries, 88; blackberries, 77 per cent. 



Condition OF Live Stock —Cattle, 94; swine, 93; sheep, 97; horses, 95; 

 foals, 93; spring pig crop, 85 per cent. 



Condition of Crops June 1, 1903. — Corn, 75; wheat, 93; oats, 93; bar- 

 ley, 96; rye, 94; potatoes, 91; flax, 84; meadows, 109; pastures, 107; apples^ 

 70; cherries and plums, 35 per cent. 



