wheat combined on July 1 was 82.9, as compared with 91.1 

 last year, 69.8 in 1900 and 76.2 in 1899. The amount of 

 wheat remaining in the hands of the farmers on July 1 was 

 estimated at about 52,440,000 bushels, or 7 per cent of the 

 crop of last year. 



The average condition of the oat crop was 92.1, as com- 

 pared with 90.6 last month, 83.7 on July 1, 1901, 85.5 in 

 1900 and a ten-year average of 87.3. 



The average condition of barley was 93.7, against 93.6 a 

 month earlier, 91.3 last year, 76.3 in 1900 and a ten-year 

 average of 87.1. In spite of the decline during June the 

 condition in every important State was above the ten-year 

 average. 



The average condition of winter rye was 91.2, as compared 

 with 93.6 last year, 89.6 in 1900 and a ten-year average of 

 89.2. Each of the principal rye-producing States showed an 

 improvement during June. The average condition of spring 

 rye was 89.3, as compared with 93.3 last year, 69.7 in 1900 

 and a ten-year average of 87.9. 



The acreage of potatoes was 3.5 per cent, or about 100,000 

 acres, greater than that of last year. The average condition 

 of potatoes on July 1 was 92.9, as compared with 87.4 last 

 year, 91.3 in 1900 and a ten-year average of 92.3. 



Reports on sweet potatoes were rather unfavorable, but 

 few states showing conditions above their ten-year averages 

 and the majority of the more important producing States 

 showing conditions below such averages. 



The acreage reported as under tobacco was considerably 

 smaller than in 1901. Its average condition was generally 

 below the ten-year average in the southern States and above 

 in Ohio and Wisconsin. 



Reports of the hay crop were very fiivorable, an improve- 

 ment in condition being noted during June in nearly every 

 important hay-producing State. The rains of the two pre- 

 ceding months were very beneficial to pastures and their 

 condition Jul}^ 1 was excellent, nearly every important State 

 reporting a condition considerably above the ten-year aver- 

 age. 



While there was a general decline in the condition of apples 

 and peaches as compared with a month earlier, reports of 



