1909, 76.8 on Aug. 1, 1908, and 82.6, the ten-year average. 

 The proportion of last year's crop in farmers' hands was 

 about 6.3 per cent, or 63,249,000 bushels, as compared with 

 3.3 per cent and 26,323,000 bushels last year, and with 5.8 

 per cent and 50,394,000 bushels, the average proportion for 

 the past ten years. 



The average condition of barley on August 1 was TO, as 

 compared with 73.7 a month earlier, 85.4 on Aug. 1, 1909, 

 83.1 on Aug. 1, 1908, and 85.3, the ten-year average. About 

 7,263,000 bushels, or 4.3 per cent, of the 1909 crop Avas 

 on farms on August 1. 



The preliminary estimate of the area of rye harvested is 

 1.7 per cent less than last year. The preliminary estimate 

 of yield per acre is 16.3 bushels, against 16.1 last year, 

 16.4 in 1908, and a ten-year average of 16 bushels. The 

 indicated total production is 32,088,000 bushels, against 

 32,239,000 finally estimated in 1909 and 31,851,000 in 



1908. The quality of the crop was 92.7, against 92.9 last 

 year. 



The area of buckwheat is about 816,000 acres, or 2.2 per 

 cent (18,000 acres) less than last year. The condition of 

 the crop on August 1 was 87.9, as compared with 86.4 last 

 year, 89.4 two years ago, and 91.1, the ten-year average. 



The average condition of white potatoes on August 1 was 

 75.8, as compared with 86.3 a month earlier, 85.8 on Aug. 1, 



1909, 82.9 on Aug. 1, 1908, and a ten-year average of 86. 

 The average condition of tobacco on August 1 was 78.5, 



as compared with 85.3 a month earlier, 83.4 on Aug. 1, 1909, 

 85.8 on Aug. 1, 1908, and a ten-year average of 82.6. 



The average condition of flax on August 1 was 51.7, as 

 compared with 65 a month earlier, 92.7 on Aug. 1, 1909, 

 86.1 on Aug. 1, 1908, and 88.4, the ten-year average. 



The preliminary estimate of the area of hay is 45,005,000 

 acres, or 1.6 per cent (739,000 acres) less than last year. 

 The average condition of the hay crop on August 1 was 83, 

 as compared with 80.2 a month earlier, 86.8 on Aug. 1, 1909, 

 92.1 on Aug. 1, 1908, and a ten-year average of approxi- 

 mately 87.2. 



