reported as still in the hands of the farmers is 9.49 per cent, 

 or a little over 64,000,000 bushels. 



The average condition of the oat crop is 90, which is 1.3 

 points higher than last month, 2.8 points lower than on 

 July 1, 1898, 2.5 points higher than on July 1, 1897, and 

 2.3 points above the mean of the July averages for the last 

 ten years. 



The average condition of barley is 92, which is 0.6 point 

 higher than last month, 6.3 points above the average on 

 July 1, 1898, and 3.7 points above the July averages of the 

 last ten years. 



The average condition of winter rye is 83.3, which is 10.05 

 points below the condition on July 1, 1898, and 7.2 points 

 below the mean of the July averages for the last ten years. 

 The average condition of spring rye is 89.7, which is 7.2 

 points below the condition of July 1, 1898, and 0.9 point 

 below the mean of the July averages for the last ten years. 



The average condition of cotton is 87.8, which is 2.1 

 points higher than last month, 3.4 points lower than on 

 July 1, 1898, 1.8 points higher than at the corresponding 

 date in 1897, and 0.2 point below the mean of the July 

 averages for the last ten years. 



There is an increase of 1 per cent in the acreage of pota- 

 toes. The average condition is 93.8, which is 1.7 points 

 below the condition on July 1, 1898, and 0.5 point above 

 the mean of the July averages for the last ten years. 



Most of the States of principal production show a de- 

 creased acreage of sweet potatoes, and the condition is gen- 

 erally below the fifteen-year average. 



There is unquestionably a somewhat smaller acreage in 

 tobacco than there was last year, and in nearly all the prin- 

 cipal States the condition is below the July average of the 

 last ten years. 



There are few States in which the condition of clover has 

 not declined during the month of June. 



Except in the north central States, the condition of 

 timothy is below the ten-year average. 



There was a general decline in the condition of apples 

 during the month, and there are few important apple States 



