General Review of Crop Conditions and Prices 



August 1. 



[From the Crop Reporter of the United States DEPARTMEfrr of Agri- 

 culture FOR August.] 



Crop conditions in general, August 1, average for the 

 United States materially better (12.3 per cent) than on same 

 date last year, and slightly better (0.3 per cent) than the 

 average condition of recent years. The month of July was 

 slightly more favorable for crops than the average July and 

 much more favorable than July of last year. 



The average in field crops is about 1.2 per cent smaller 

 than last year. 



The condition of various crops on August 1, compared with 

 their average condition (not normal) on August 1 of recent 

 years follows : — 



Peaches, 123.7; apples, 122.1; spring wheat, 112.6; oats, 

 110.9; hay, 110.2; barley, 107.2; millet, 107.2; flax, 106.2; 

 grapes, 106.1; tomatoes, 105.9; pears, 105.5; hops, 105; 

 alfalfa, 104.9; timothy, 104.3; lima beans, 104.3; hemp, 

 103.9; cantaloupes, 103.8; cabbage, 103.7; kafir corn, 103.5; 

 onions, 103.5; potatoes, 103.5; broom corn, 102.2; water- 

 melons, 101.8; clover for .hay, 101.7; oranges, 101.5; to- 

 bacco, 101.2 ; raspberries, 100. 



Pasture, 99.9; sorghum, 99.5; peanuts, 99.4; sweet pota- 

 toes, 98.6; beans (dry), 98.5; sugar beets, 98.3; rice, 98.2; 

 buckwheat, 98; corn, 96.6; cotton, 94.9; lemons, 94.1; sugar 

 cane, 93.2; blackberries, 90.5. 



The yield per acre of winter wheat is 97.4 per cent of a 

 10-year average and of rye 103.7 per cent. 



The indications are for a total production of all cereals 

 (125,150,000 tons) of about 13.8 per cent more than last 

 year, 0.1 per cent more than in 1910, and 9.8 per cent more 

 than in 1909. Potato prospects are for about 27 per cent 

 more than last year, 6 per cent more than in 1910, but 5 

 per cent less than in 1909. Hay prospects are for about one- 

 third more than last year and 6 per cent more than in 1910 

 and 1909. 



The general or composite condition of all crops combined 



