The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-06-04

Jumpers very HuulcEOus, anu lcdTS
are entertained as TO the damage
they will yet do. No means 10 de-
sLroy the bugs and hoppers. other
than the burning OF the prairie.
Yours, l.. w. Bush.
TAYLOR CREEK, May "a.
Wheat on upland an entire fail
ure; bottom ground promises fair
crop. There is q large amount of
| corn planted a good deal had to be
planted over, on account of cold
weather and bad seed. but there ia
now a very fair prospect for q crop.
There is a large breadth OF oats
sown, and promises a fair crop.
| But few grasshoppers aud chinch
bugs doing no damage worth mem
ton. z. EDWARDS.
WAUsHARA, May %.
To yours of the 2lst inst, making
| inquiries in relation to crops, would
state that the most of the winter
wheat here has been plOwed up.
| Wheat that is left looks well. No
spring wheat OF any amount sown.
| There has been 4 great breadth
| planted to corn. AS II general thing
it looks fair. although a great many
have had TO replant, owing to Vari-
GUS causes, such AS rotting in The
ground, grasshoppers, chinch bugs,
birds, &c. Oats generally look
well. Fruit has been injured u good
deal. There will be some apples
and plenty of wild fruit. Grass
hOpDers are only on about one place
In ten to do any damage. Chinch
bugs are more generally scattered
over the country, and have made
their appearance about month
sooner than last year. Some COM
plants of their injuring corn. No
other means have been tried that L
know OF to get rid of them, except
burning of the prairies and rubbish
in the fields. The farmers are gem
orally hopeful, but feel that all de-
ponds oil reasonable showers.
w. RICHARDSON.
Hartford, May %.
Wheat on the bottom lands good.
Corn and oats look well. Apples
very few ; blooms considerably, but
no fruit. Peaches fair prospect.
GrasshOppers doing much injury to
gardens III this vicinity; not injur-
ing crops very seriously. Chinch
bugs have put in an appearance /;
not time yet to determine the
amount of harm they will do. Crops
look as we'll as usual at this date.
Farmers generally in good heart.
w. p. GOULD.
AMERICUs, May %.
Crops of all kinds look u great
deal better than we anticipated q
short time ago. Rye a tolerably
fair crop, though not first rate.
Oats all right. Corn looks well.
We will have n good crop of peach
es and grapes. All other fruit is q
failure. There are few grasshop-
pers and chinch bugs, but not
enough to do much damage. We
are making no effort to get rid of
them. We only say: ''If you want
our crops, take them, and we will
call fog aid" The farmers are all in
good spirits, and hard at work.
ISAAC WRIGHT.
AGNES CRY, MAY 2S.
l will answer your inquiries as
best l can. 1st. Fall wheat is half a
crop; spring wheat good; oats me-
dunn; rye good; corn good, but
hard to get stand fruit light-say
one-fourth a crop; grasshoppers
played out. We have some bugs in
fall wheat, but they have not dam
aged it yet; and as to the hopeful
ness of the farmers, about all they
have to live on is their hope.
ltespt'y, RoBT. CLARK.
NEosHo RAPIDS, May 2S.
Large amount of winter wheat
sOwn; that on bottom land looks
we'll will average from two-thirds
to three-fourths of crop; on up
land has been mostly plowed up.
Large extent of oats put in ; not do
ing very we'll; affected by chinch
bugs. Good stand of corn reported
by nearly every one. Chinch bugs
thick on some fields; have damaged
corn some already. There will be
but few apples and peaches. Cher
ries and small fruit all right. Farm
ers know of nothing to kill chinch
bugs; would like to know. They
fear them more than the grasshOp-
pers. Farmers think Kansas o. K.
yet, but failure this year would
shake their faith. Illinois and Mis-.
issouri seed corn did not come well.
M. j. OWEN.
ALLEN, May 30.
Crops never looked better here al
this time of the year for the last
eight years. All lands heretofore
under cultivation are in, crops OF
some kind, principally corn and
oats. We have a great many chinch
bugs and young grasshoppers. They
are not damaging crops much as
yet. Farmers hopeful.
ID. S. AVERY.
Hartford, May %.
l will give you the prospect oil
our crops in ElmendarO township
Wheat that WAS 'soWn earIy looks
well. Oats and spring wheat new.
er saw look better. Corn looks
rather pnny on account of COO
weather, but has commenced grow.
ing nicely. We have fair prospect
} for peaches, but of apples we will
not have more than one third of 8
crop. of small fruit there is plenty
such as cherries ana gooseherries
and straw berries. We have plent;
. of grasshoppers, They are doing
no damage, only - a few garden.
ClOSe to LlulUer. al mer6 all III gOOI
spirits, and look for crops.
II. j. STRATTON.
iMERICUs, May %.
Considerable winter wheat. ploW.
eel up. What remains will average
one half a crop. Some good pieces
hnt little spring wheat sown look
|. ing well. Corn doing well. For
J eign seed did not come well; larg,
r breadth planted. Oats fair, blu
} weedy. Fruit of all varieties scarce
I Grasshoppers not numerous, except
I in few localities doing but it'll,
3 damage. Chinch bugs quite numer
r Gus, but doing but little damage a
) yet-the "rising generation" no
!: having yet come into active life
E They are greatly feared. No mean
: being used for their destruction, ex
= cept bHrning of old trash. Pota
: toes looking well large acreage
: planted. Stock doing well upOI
? the range. Have not had heavy
{ rains to fill the streams.
2 S. NJ. WHEELER.
: Ivy, May %.
The extent of wheat sown in thi.
| vicinity IL limitad Earlxy snxur