The Wichita city eagle., 1879-01-09
From the Topeka Dsiiy onmons sal,h
WHEAT Is KING.
And Kansas HsIds the scsptra-. -somsth.rg o
Interest Regarding the Lssairg Wheat
Counties Il ths State.

Kansas ranking all other State- in the Union
this year in the aggregate production Of
wheat, aud winter wheat being the great s;a-
pie of the state. some points regarding the
ten leading wheat counties eannot but he Of
interest,
were Dickinson. MePherson. saline. sedg-
wick. summer, Cowiey, Montgomery. Butler.
Harvey and Hsna--seyen in the Southwest,
two Ia the West. and one In the south and
their combined acreage was hfty-tarre per
cent. of the entire acreage of the state. The
SAME ten counties were IN the lead in acreage
in isss. their combined acreage hcIng ioriy
per cent. OF thai Of the stale. and their iii-
crease OF acreage ncsr;g forty per cent. Of
that of the state,
In 1877 Montgomery aud Butler counties
fell aui of the li~f OF ten IcasiiHg counties ia
product Barton aud Ottawa taking their
places. The aggregate product Of the ten
coiinties was fiify-;hree psr cent. os the entire
product OF the state.
In is.0 Butter rega.ned it, place ahsoag the
ten leading counties In product. bfisws sirop-
ping onf. The aggregate rrositct Of the ten
eountics--sil but Dickinson and >ai.ne In the
Southwe-t--wss fifty-two pr esfit Of the en-
tire product Of the state. wbiie the Increase
in these ten counties was iifty-ore and one
bali per cent. Of that Of the whole state.
As 1t may prove pleasing for those of a hg-
urative turn to trace the progress OF the ten
upon which these and other statements are
based. being those in the state Bosrd Of Az
rirtilfslre- report.
Dickinson ranked tir.s IN acreage in ISL.
dropping 10 fnur;bin ISIS. sndiE increase Was
fnh. Third IN bushels in 1877. ssiBe in 1868.
and fourth In increase Of bashei-.
MePhsrsen, second ir s.reazr in isT7TT. same
in is.s. and thiri Ia Increase. FirSs in hush,
els IN iss. first in t4ss. asd third in inrreAse.
saline, third in acreage in 1871, fffh Ia tsss
and ninth in Increase, second IN bushels 10
1877. fourth in ls1., and seventh In iucfssse.
sedgwies. fourth 10 sefesge In tsis, hrsf IL,
is.s. aud seeona In igeres-s. Feauh in
bushels in ISL, second in ISIS, asd fr-i 10 in
ersase.
summer, afa in aresse in is-7, third 10
ISIS. aud iir-f is increase. SIKH rs yasitefs
in ss.s. fourth in 1858. and seeoud ia isetease-
Co@iey. sixth tr Arrrage in Hi. sasac rs
ls.s, and eighth In isfrea.e. Finh, in bash
sIs In Is... sixth Ia i-,-. fifth In ipcfssss-
Montgomery. seventh Ia iner4ass in IsTs-
II zhih In i-5-, aud tsufA IL in~fpsse. Tenth I
IN bu-s-is In 1877, and giving way 10 Barton i
- one Of the ten Ses4.ibs soust8ss ia i-5s.
Butler, eighth IN acreage 10 iess. ninth In I
!sss. and sesrptt In insrsarr. 1sss vsy g. 1
Ottawa 10 tushes. In isss., bat ranked ssysath J
s ls.s ard sixth in tnrfesse-
Harvey ninth sa sfrssge In I-sI. in i.7- !
enth. and sixth In isscrsses. Hssi ia pds~s s
.fasax the ten in ssssiseis IL jsss. sss ssssth ]
n gs.s and eighth ia tpgTesss-
Esns. tenth ia aTrsAgs Ia III, sssrnth u
80 Gssafsh to iacr.s&@e. SsFecf8 t1 tssssiss5s Il
n is7-. eighth In isss. zBa Esatss IN issrea~s.
Barton entirely nss Sf tbe sf4s rEssk ia <ess-
,gs ii fsss =Fs is1s. scrsysf nifass fssse% fs
st1slses. in s-s-, and vas t~stA iE n4sk u In
1ezse.
Tire eaznsfes IL tfsr sssss snsw SO -
reese ~ upwards 9s Essls.ar bnesfAs sssr
"a; yss----esfzwi~s ssaisrey srssi def'heTesn. j
Z! Ia the -sashwes;.
csssslssrfnx -gr1a4 s5th sirtsr = fseaf make
-uf little IL any change sa the pssssT ~ ssHa-
lss- the iBeyes~e ef sfsring wheat ~ sh~ -tsts
efnz liza ~ s1shsis. 20 "a fEs<<ssse - H.
II. .ssSs s,ss.sset- 81 vSster wheat.