past ten years. The average condition on July 1 of spring 

 and winter wheat combined was 83.9, as compared with 89.4 

 a month earlier, 81.6 on July 1, 1907, and 82.9, the ten- 

 year average. The amount of wheat remaining in the hands 

 of farmers on July 1 was estimated at 5.3 per cent of last 

 year's crop, equivalent to 33,797,000 bushels. 



The average condition of the oats crop on July 1 was 85.7, 

 as compared with 92.9 a month earlier, 81 on July 1, 1907, 

 84 on July 1, 1906, 92.1 on July 1, 1905, and 87.5, the ten- 

 year average. 



The average condition of barley on July 1 was 86.2 per 

 cent of a normal, as compared with 89.7 a month earlier, 

 84.4 on July 1, 1907, 92.5 on July 1, 1906, and 88.3, the 

 ten-year average on that date. 



The average condition of rye on July 1 was 91.2 per cent 

 of a normal, as compared with 91.3 last month, 89.7 on July 

 1, 1907, 91.3 on July 1, 1906, and 90.1, the ten-year aver- 

 age on July 1. 



The average condition of the hay crop on July 1 was 92.6 

 per cent of a normal, as compared with 96.8 a month earlier, 

 and approximately 82 on July 1, 1907. The condition of 

 timothy on July 1 was 90.2 per cent, as compared with 82.2 

 on July 1, 1907, and 86, the ten-year average; clover 95.5 

 on July 1, as compared with 76.4 on July 1, 1907, and 84, 

 the ten-year average. 



The condition of the apple crop on July 1 was 57.6, as 

 compared with 66 on June 1, 44 on July 1, 1907, and 62.3, 

 the ten-year average on July 1. 



The acreage of Irish potatoes is estimated as 3,198,000 

 acres; that is, 2.4 per cent, or 74,000 acres, more than last 

 year. The condition of the crop on July 1 was 89.6 per cent 

 of a normal, as compared with 90.2 on July 1, 1907, 91.5 

 on July 1, 1906, and 91.6, the ten-year average on July 1. 



The acreage of tobacco is estimated as 763,000 acres ; that 

 is, 7 per cent, or 58,000 acres, less than last year. The con- 

 dition of the crop on July 1 was 86.6 per cent of a normal, 

 as compared with 81.3 on July 1, 1907, 86.7 on July 1, 

 1906, and 86, the ten-year average. 



