1 oflast year, 75.2 in 1899, and 85.3 the mean of the September 

 averages of the last ten years. 



Since August 1 the improvement in the condition of tobacco 

 was general. Virginia, Tennessee, Maryland and Pennsyl- 

 vania report conditions 1, 3, 9 and 10 points above their 

 respective ten-year averages ; in Kentucky the present con- 

 dition and the ten-year average are equal, and in North 

 Carolina, Ohio, Wisconsin and Missouri the conditions are, 

 respectively, 12, 13, 23 and 49 points below such aver- 

 ages. 



The average condition of potatoes on September 1 was 

 52.2 against 62,3 a month earlier, 80 on September 1 oflast 

 year, 86.3 in 1899, and 78.8, the mean of the September 

 averages of the last ten years. 



There was a general decline in the condition of sweet pota- 

 toes during the month. 



The acreage of clover seed has been reduced considerably 

 since last year and the condition is generally below the ten- 

 year averages in the several States. 



Of the five principal sugar-cane States Missouri alone re- 

 ports an improvement in condition during August. 



An improvement in the condition of rice during the month 

 of August is reported in but two of the rice-growing States 



— Florida and Texas. 



Five of the principal apple-growing States report an im- 

 provement in condition during August, but only three States 



— Indiana, Virginia and Kansas — report conditions above 

 their ten-year averages. 



In all but two of the principal peach-growing States a pro- 

 duction exceeding the ten-year average is probable. 



In all the States where the production of grapes is of more 

 than local importance, except California, the condition is 

 below that of last year, and below the ten-year averages. 



There is a decrease in the number of stock hogs now being 

 fattened, as compared with the number a year ago, in every 

 State except Arizona. 



The average condition of cotton on August 24 was 71.4, 

 as compared with 77.2 on the 25th of the preceding month, 

 68.2 on Sept. 1, 1900, 68.5 in 1899, and a ten-year aver- 

 age of 74.9. 



