as finally estimated last year. The average quality of the 

 crop was 90.3, as against 90.1 last year. The average con- 

 dition of spring wheat on August 1 was 91.6, as compared 

 with 92.7 a month earlier, 80.7 on Aug. 1, 1908, and 81.1, 

 the ten-year average on August 1. 



The average condition of the oats crop on August 1 was 

 85.5, as compared with 88.3 a month earlier, 76.8 on Aug. 

 1, 1908, and 83.1, the ten-year average on August 1. The 

 proportion of last year's oats crop in farmers' hands on 

 August 1 was about 3.3 per cent, or 25,323,000 bushels, 

 as compared with 5 per cent, 38,000,000 bushels, last year, 

 and 6.3 per cent, 53,000,000 bushels, the average proportion 

 for the past ten years. 



The average condition of barley on August 1 was 85.4, 

 as compared with 90.2 last month, 83.1 on Aug. 1, 1908, 

 81.5 in 1907, and 86.1, the ten-year average on August 1. 



The average condition of rye on August 1, or at harvest, 

 was 89.1, as compared with 91.1 a month earlier, 88. 3 on 

 Aug. 1, 1908, 88.9 in 1907, and 87.9, the ten-year average 

 at time of harvest. 



The acreage of buckwheat is about 801,000 acres, or .1 

 per cent (2,000 acres) less than last year. The condition 

 of the crop on August 1 was 86.3, as compared with 89.1 

 last year, 91.9 two years ago, and 91.7, the ten-vear average 

 on August 1. 



The average condition of white potatoes on August 1 was 

 85.8, as compared with 93 last month, 82.9 on Aug. 1, 1908, 

 88.5 in 1907, and 86.7, the ten-year average on August 1. 



The average condition of tobacco on August 1 was 83.1, 

 as compared with 89.8 a month earlier, 85.8 on Aug. 1, 1908, 



82.8 in 1907, and 82.3, the ten-year average on August 1. 

 The average condition of flax on August 1 was 92.7, as 



compared with 95.1 a month earlier, 86.1 on Aug. 1, 1908, 



91.9 in 1907, and 87.7, the average on August 1 for six 

 years. 



The preliminary estimate of the acreage of hay is 15,- 

 581,000 acres, or 1.9 per cent (905,000 acres) less than 

 last year. The average condition of the hay crop on Au- 

 gust 1 was 86.8, as compared with 87.8 a month earlier, 92.1 



