December Crop Report

.'l'hí' report tilla íimuili, with rare excepttom, lnnv th.-u whlli made smail growüi, the plant, December 1. waatnfalrly bealthycondktlon. The small growth is ilue to late Bowimg aml dry weather. For the snutiicru nmniirs, average c-ondit ion la reported at 84 per cent; for tJie ccuii-.il. 89 per cení ; and for Tnc Mi'utlieiui, 9G per cent., comparieon being witfil Titality and uiiiu i,h tor average yeara. The corrcspi!i:nii:i figures mu! vcar ago were 82, 98 amd !7. The preseoee oí íneects is noled 1y a. lew COTTespoadovts. bal f Uc (njurj done by them, II any, i liardly preceptible. The groniBd lia bees cll covored wltb uow siiu-c the 2d oí December. The total iiiimlHT oí bushels reported inarkctvd in NoveinlxT is 1,704,851. Tile uiimilHT oí' bushcls reported markcti'd in the taw months, Auguel-Noviember is 6858,871, which is 878,825 Uuslii'l.s lcss than i"eported niartet'd iu l lie kiiiii1 months last year. Paetume this fall has not been rood, pai-ticularly in the Muthorn countics; and tlio condition oí live Stock is reported froni íive to seveaipoints lx'low a. hill average. Stock is practically toee IVom disoase of any kind.