The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-06-26
REPORTS OF CROPS.

Below we give reports of crops
as CLEANED from our exchanges al
over the State. Our farmer friend.
will be interested in such news.
Harvesting commenced in sever
al parts of this county as early al
Thursday of last week. This week
the work of cutting the golden
grain is general. The fall wheat
crop is immense, beyond the ex-
pectations of the most sanguine
Spring wheat will not be more than
half crop, while corn is growing
SO fast it fairly howls.-Cotton.
wood Falls Leader.
The Humboldt Union says
I'VE have fine prospects for an aw.
full big crop OF potatoes this year
No Colorado beetles here"
All kinds of crops look firss-rate,
The prospect for fruit was never
better, nor could 1t be improved
without more trees The storm has
injured no crop, but is just what
we Wanted-except the wind and a
few hail-stones. We were visited
this week by few Colorado bugs.
Only few chinch bugs are seen,
and their forces are too weak to de-
mGna attention. There is but little
to prevent an abundant haryest.-z
Junction City Tribune.
CROPs.--On last Friday and Sat-
urday we took trip TO LeaYen-
worth via X. c., from there to
Atchison and home again; and al
though the chinch bugs have ru.
ined a good many fields of wheat
there are great many on that road
that will produce an average crop
and many more than that have not
been injured at all. The corn pros
Bscte we're never better. Oats was
looking medium. Flag good.
Fruit abundant. And we conclud-
ed those who are getting ready TO
starve to death within the next
twelve months will have TO leave
kansas-Grasshopper,
The Lawrence Spirit says
"Gov. Charles Robinson has fifty
acres of wheat, which good judges
say will yield at least forty bushels
to the acre. Two thousand bushels
OF wheat from fifty acres we call
good yield in this Or any other
State"
All reports in this section con-
corning the crop prospects are of
the most fiattering character. The
rains have somewhat retarded
farming operations of course, but
hsPe given q wonderful impetus 10
everything. IN some localities.
where farms are situated on low
lands, the showers have been rather
too plentiful and may work some
injury to the crops; but on the
whole they are just what was need
ed. Wheat, oats and other cereals
are looking remarkably well, and
corn is vigorous and promising,
though running Q tight race with
the weeds, with the latter q little
ahead on some farns.-Fredonia
Citizen.
The cotton crop in this vicinity
looks very promising. In fact, ex-
ceedingly fattering, and promises
to pay far better than wheat or corn,
Parties are making arrangements to
put up a ginning machine, 10 be
run by power Of Spring river. Ne
the machine will be In
running order, Baxter Springs
ReppbfcaS.
The wheat crop of Labette soun-
ty this season, it is thought by
competent judges, win reach five
hundred thousand bushels: and
being sensible of the confidence
that the farmers now have in this,
As q wheat growing country, we
may reasonably expect that The
next crop, no presidential hinder
anee, will be double the present
pne.-Parsous Sun.
The Fort Scot. AionilAr Gays
The damages done by the ekinch
bug, it is estimated, will reduce the
yiel9 of wheat in this county toi
'ho9t ops-foarta af ihs amount |
cnised last year - - 4