The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-05-31
KANSAS.
CrOp and Other Interesting
RnauIalfcS.

April, has been received. 1t is pam
phlet of thirty-four pages, crowded
with valuable statistics concerning the
crops, immigration, railroads, popula-
ton, rainfall, etc.
The first table shows the condition OF
the small grain and farm animals, up
to the last OF April, in sixty-fve
counties 100 being adopted as the
basis for comparison. The average
condition of winter wheat in the whole
State Is I20, every county except two,
Cherokee, %, and Phillips, 3d. report
ing above 100. The average condition
OF spring W eat is 1874; of winter rye,
Ill; and of pasture Ill. The condi-
ton of all farm animals Is above the
average; Cattle, los; work animals,
los; horses and mnles, los; sheep,l0 :;
and swine, LOG.
The Secretary says of the general
condition of the crops at this time:
According TO the estimates of our
correspondents, there has been an in
crease in the acreage of spring wheat
over that of 1877 of 80 per cent, which,
together with the estimated acreage of
winter wheat sown in the fall OF 1877
gives State acreage of wheat as fol-
lows:
Winter wheat harvested in 1ST7.-.. s57, 125
Increase sown in fall of 1877, 35 per
cent ............. 1856, 100
Total winter wheat area ......... l,24s,2.5
Spring wheat harvested in 1877 ....... 2O6, S6S
Increase sown in spring of 1878, 35 per
CENT. ....--..'.. ."-.--.--. ...---.- tSJ4O4
Total spring wheat area .......... 279,272
Total wheat area ,522, 7s7
The actual acreage will be given to
the public as soon as the assessors make
their returns. Assuming the estimated
acreage of wheat by our correspond
ents to be correct, an average yield of
Is bushels per acre will give 22,S4l,-
sos bushels; Is bushels per acre will
give q ,4l0, l66 bushels; 20 bushels pei
acre Will swell the product tor 1873 to
30,455,740. In another place will be
found remarks of our correspondents
relating to wheat and other small
grains. In some localities, where it is
either low, or the grain stands so thick
and rank, or both, that the air cannot
circulate among the dense mass of
plants, moisture remains until the hot
sun strikes it, producing rust in some
cases on the leaves. We have no re-
ports indicating that the stalks have
been attacked.
"Snall grain and pasture are all in
most satisfactory condition. There has
been no season since the settlement of
the State which promised as great an
average yield of farm products of all
kinds as the present one.
The Secretary's correspondents re-
port that harvest will commence in the
Southern part of the State as early as
the middle of May, and the whole
State will be in the midst of harvest by
June 1st.
The fruit prospects are very encour-
aging. The average condition of fruit
buds is set down as follows: Apples,
102; OF peaches, 1875; of pears 102; of
cherries, 100; of plums, 10Y.
RAINFALL.
The total rainfall throughout the
eastern belt of the State, for the months
of January, February, March, and
April, was IL 10 inches; in the second
or middle belt, it was 8 "A inches; and
in the third or western belt, it was 2 :S7
inches. All that portion of the State
east of Junction City constitutes the
eastern belt; all west of this line, and
east of the boundary of Ellis county,
the second belt; aud all west of that
line the third belt.
OLD CORN ON HAND.
A careful estimate has been made by
counties of old corn and wheat on hand,
exclusive of that which has been pur-'
manufacture. The returns indicate
2S,057 ,641, or little over 200 bushels or
q per cent. of the crop of 1877, to each
family, allowing the population of the
State to be 100000, and five persons TO
each family. The same estimates give
1,979,947 bushels or IA per cent. of
wheat On hand, or about IA bushels to
each family.
IMMIGRATION.
The Secretary devotes several pages
to the presentation of figures and facts
setting forth the business .of the U. S.
Land Offices and the land grant rail-
road companies. We condense from
his reports the following:
The entries and sales of lands at the
Larned Land Office for the quarter
ending March 31st, 1878, were zoos,
embracing a total of BOG, 416 acres-an
increase over the corresponding period
of 1877 of 195,260 acres. There are
6,S45, 29S yet open for settlement in this
District.
The entries and sales at the Wichita
and office for the first quarter of 1873
We're go, embracing an aggregate of
"a ,922 acres-an increase of 9,121 acres
over the corresponding period of 1871
A large amount of excellent land Is
yet open for settlement in this District.
The entries and sales at the Kirwin
Land Office for the first four mon tbs of
1878 numbered $500, embracing $751;
ITO acres. For the corresponding pc
riod of 1877 the entries and sales num-
bered 1888, embracing 1l5,92l acres.
There are 4,750,000 acres in this Dis
trict that can be taken under the
homestead, presumption and timber
culture acts.
The entries and sales at the Concor-
for fhn Grae Nf
1873, aggregated 196, 260 acres. The
total entries and sales for the corre-
spending period OF 1877 aggregated
1 2,035. There are about 10000 acres
of land not yet entered in this District.
At the Salina Land Office the heme-
stead entries for the month of March
numbered l59; timber-culture entries
104; and filings, 322. The amount of
government land in this District sub
ject to entry is estimated at SOC, 700
acres.
The entries at the Wichita Land
Office for the month of April numbered
and at the Larned office, for the same
month, the entries numbered 761, en-
bracing l12,324 acres of land.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad Company sole, during the
first four months of 1873, a total of
9,15S acres, and during the CORE
spending period of 1877 it sold .14,452
acres. Col. johnson, the Commissioner
of the Company, says:
"The following estimate, based upon
the number of acres of Government
and railroad land taken up by actual
settlers, will give general idea of the
extent of immigration received by the
western counties along the Arkansas
valley and line of A. T. & 5 i. F. r. r.
during the first four months OF 1873.
.. Acres.
Entered at U. s. Land omce, Larned,
Entered at u. s. Land Odice, Hays
from southern part Rush and Ness
counties tributary to Arkansas val
ley, about ............... 90, OOl
A, T. s S. F. X. r. lands sold, about 9O,OO(
Total number of acres taken upby
actual settlers. ................... Sc, QUO
Allowing an average of five persons
and I60 acres to each family, we have
population of II, 500. In addition to
a. -. ~. L..