, 1881-02-04
KANSAS WHEAT.
Distressing News from a State
Which Has Had Many
Troubles.
Tho Bitter Cold, Dry Weather
Has Seriously Damaged
tho Wheat.
Wells Twenty Feet Down Frozen
0ver-A Scarcity Of Snow.
polaiIod Reports from Twenty-Five Counties
Showing Tho Various Degrees ot Injury.


Hptetat Nnpateh ia T7ss Chicago Trthunt. |
T0rEKA, Kns., Feb. :i-']'lle cnld weather
Of tlle lt,st six wrGks ilas grcatfy damaged |
thu winter wllent In 1llHtIy counties lh ka1i-
xas fiitl, 1t Is FEARED, hts nfsu injured tic
budding fruit. Farmers In correspondence
Will tie State Agricultural Dunrt, ntld tho
rnflrnatl Iat-ngents here, suy tho cuttl Is llE-
plcceucnted In Its severity mud lrttgtlI nf
ttmg 1t continues ut freezing paint. 'rllo
tutn1 acreage II wintcr wheat fl tho State IL
a,alb,.E}7, hGlng Cti,a7s acres, In EXCESS
nf tho previous year, nvarly every
county reporting I'll Increase, Ut from l0
to 10 per cent. Any injury to this crup
will lie calamity to the farmers, WHO were
counting ul,on MI Immense yiclttt fruu tic
fact that the ground WIS I'll excelcnl coil.
dltlUn ut thu tlme nj planting, ttlo scc1
gern'lnAted quickly. CAME mp unusually wcll
and promised better tfNln for sIx years past.
Thu continued cold weather, lInweyer, To-
gcthor with tho severe wtntls which have
swept tile SHOW OF tic iclds render the pros
pcct FOR even MI average crup far fr0In eil-
cuur0glng ut this tilnc.
Tlle following extracts frHM tho reports
received here show tile particular cnltse and
extent OF the damage stlslalncdtr Innny ut
tho wlIeat counties, mil are a fatr index OF
the general condition Of the crop:
wAnAuSsEE COUNTY.
Tho continued dry, enid weatller Is dotng
tho wlleat scrions, II not fatal, injury; one
third OF the corn crup is still In tl,o field, OIL
account OF being too cold for gntllcring; Ice
OIL the streams Is fifteen Inches thick, and
wells frOzen over where 1t WIS twenty ftct to
tho syntGr.
wuOpsOS COUNTY.
Light SHOWS lately, and furious northwest
winds; water scarce a,tl wI,eat-ilclls look.
i11g badly; the la,e-sowM WHEAT csptciallyis
lii poor condition; tho acreage Is 70 iIer cent
greater than last year, amt the prospect Is
uIscouragtng to tue turner's.
CllAuT.ACQuA COUNTY.
Tho cold weather continues, tho thcrnloln-
eter having rcaclle1 70 degrees below aero for
tho first time; the ground Inns been frozen
since tho 18th OF November: peacll-butls are
about all killed; wheat Is not duiltg well, on
account Df cold and drought, which nra also
telling on tic sioux.
80. MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Wheat Is still ltl FUR condition, being hnlt
tho tlhtn under snow; Whtnt Is stslAll. but
well set; there Inns heen no rnin, nnti water
IL very scnrce; pcactl-bltls nbunt o!ie-tlalf
killed. but tho prospect for other fruit was
never botter. ........
fl4h LOuEI1s
Wheat Is looking ratllcr bud; bit very little
ers Nre not III epi,ditius, to stal,d loss Ut
their wl1cat-crop.
HARBOUR COUNTY.
Quite MI amount Of SHINY has fallen, which
llAS been beipiirinl to tho wheat. although
the cold weather may in1ura 1t III unprosect-
3i1TC1IELL COUNTY.
What little sl1oH IL ituru hls blown iii drifts
leaving tile fields bare it, ni'!nS places; wheat
lnay not ba seriously Injured yet, bit Is
tezs t ets Nn 4 G:ess an ea @ IS te ase sGs vii ba
great; tiM condition Of the crop prior to tho
cotd spell was considered better tllan for
nine years past.
STAFFORD COUNTY.
Seyere snow.stor'as nj seasoti., but the
wInu has blown 1t mostly uif the felds, ex-
posing tho wl,eat, which Ii surc to sufrur:
SEosIio COUNTY.
Wlleat-heltls arc frozen down one.half
fncll below the leyel, but 1t Is thought tIG
ruots nre mt ttn,nRgnu, anti tho showers Or
spy Msa,y aY III P1S FSa et a al oss. 1s Epss 5%ay
frozen.
srMSEI COUNTY. q.
It has bcen raining, showing, and freezing
by turns hers for WeekH, atld TURNER'S nro
watching tllo wl,eat with = grcnt .leal Of III
tCrcst; tho Injury done 50 far Is slight.
nESo COUNTY.
Tho snow has not trlfted mitch, antl tho
GROUND Inns bun GyGhly gnvHgcl must OF tho
tllno slltue, tho middle Of Novembur; SONG
fields OF whent i,ayo been damaged, bNt 1t Is
tlon;, penel-bu.ls are uIl killed; Il eold
weather. continues much longer stock VIII
suffer for feed.
corFEy COUNTY.
Tle ground Is very dry, auu farlaers are
alarmed aboilt tho wheat, which is looking