The average condition of buckwheat on September 1 was 

 80.5, as compared with 87.9 on August 1, 75.2 on Septem- 

 ber 1 of last year, 88.8 in 1898, and 86.3, the mean of the 

 September averages for the last ten years. 



There has been a general decline in the condition of tobacco 

 since August 1. Maryland, Ohio, Kentucky and Wisconsin 

 still report 3, 11, 8 and 6 points above their respective ten- 

 year averages, but in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, 

 Tennessee and Missouri the condition is 12, 25, 20, 10 and 4 

 points below such average. 



The average condition of potatoes w T as 80, against 88.2 

 August 1, 86.3 last year, 77.7 in 1898, and 77.4, the mean 

 of the September averages for the last ten years. 



The whole of the 13 States having 10,000 acres or upward 

 in sweet potatoes at the eleventh census report a decline in 

 the condition of the crop during August. 



The clover-seed acreage shows a considerable shrinkage, 

 only Michigan and Iowa, of the States of commercial pro- 

 duction, showing an increase. 



There has been an improvement during the month of 4 

 points in the condition of sugar cane in Louisiana, and it is 

 now 11 points above the ten-year average. 



The whole of the States having 10,000 acres or up- 

 ward of sorghum at the eleventh census report a more or 

 less marked decline in condition during August. 



A decline in the condition of rice is reported from every 

 rice-growing State except Louisiana, where there is no ap- 

 preciable change. 



While there was a decline in the condition of apples in 

 almost every important apple-growing State, the condition 

 on September 1 was still above the ten-year average in 37 

 of the 45 States from which reports were received. 



The peach crop of 1900 has been one of the largest, if not 

 absolutely the largest, on record, the production in New 

 Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Missis- 

 sippi, West Virginia and Tennessee being double, or nearly 

 double, the ten-year average. 



The condition of grapes is above the ten-year average in 

 New York, Ohio, Kansas, North Carolina, Virginia and In- 

 diana, and below in California, Missouri and Illinois. 



