The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-10-11

We are in receipt Of the report OF tie
Secretary Of the State Agricultural Society
for the months OF May, June, July and
August.
These reports OF MIR. Gray have become
a necessity to the business men, mechanics
and farmers Of the State. The amount OF
statistical information in them is great,
and Just Of that kind which every one de-
sires to see.
The first table in the report is the eondi-
ticn OF grain and farm animals il each
county IN the state. We have not space
to give this table in full, but give the
aggregate for the whole stnte:
Winter wheat is II2. spring wheat 50,
winter rye 1OS, HARLEY SO, corn 100, oats
I04, castor beans 50, broom corn 101, fax
1O4, pasture log, meadow 100, Irish pota-
toes 1Os, sweet potatoes 1O7, sorghum los,
cotton "a, hemp 92. tobacco 100. millet aud
hungarian 105, cattle LOT, work animals
IO2, horses and mules 1O3, sheep IO4, swine
los. This, Of course, is on q basis Of 100
being an average fair condition. It will
be seen that the condition OF nearly every
crops is above par, that is, 100. The aver
age In the State Of disease among domestic
animals Is 1O5, which is much better than
we had been led to expect.
POPULATION.
The next table Is the population by
counties, and the total is 708, 497, an In
crease Of 1870, 1859 since 1875, when the pop
ulation was 52s, $40. This census was
taken on the 1st of March last. Mr.. Gray
thinks that we have S00, 900 now.
WHEAT.
OF the wheat crop MIR. Gray says:
While we fully appreciate the general
desire for an authoritative statement as TO
this years aggregate wheat product, and
question the ultimate good to be derived
from the several estimates now going the
rounds Of the press, we nevertheless shall
continue the course heretofore adhered to,
of awaiting the receipt of returns from the
entire State before attempting statement
of the crop. We will say, however that
from the returns already in, there can be
no question of the aggregate OF the wheat
crop exceeding thirty millions Of bushels,
while that of corn will exceed one hundred
million bushels, and other crops in pro-
portion. From eighth In wheat product
in 1876, Kansas will go to second, if not
deed to first place in 1878, the last re-
ports from California indicating an aggre-
gate OF little If any in excess OF thirty mil
lion bushels.
Inc tables snow OOOsoIO more acres In
wheat this year than last.
There was, i'll winter wheat, in 1878,
1,297 $50 acres, against S57, 125 last year.
In spring wheat, this year, 49,, 257 acres
against 206, 1853 last year.
One of the most instructive tables Ito
us) is the one showing by counties the
number OF acres OF wheat and rye, winter
killed and killed by noxious insects.
There were winter killed of wheat, 3,112k,
and killed by noxious insects, 1859
acres,
CORN.
Next come statistics in relation to corn.
The secretary says that the increase in the
wheat acreage led 20 q decrease in corn
acreage, there being 2, 4O5, 482 acres in corn
in 1873, against 1858, 112 in 1877, decrease
of $1,000. We close what we have to say
at this time by giving in full the following
SUMMARY.
CULTIVATED ACREAGE OF THE STATE FOR
1S77-78.
Table showing the acreage of principal crops
for 1877 and 1873. the increase and decrease
during the year for the State. as per asses
sors' returns, reported to the State Board of
Agriculture by county clerks.