New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-11
AN UNPRECEDENTED YIELD.

A
BRIGHT PROMISES FOR CORN-MlNOR CROPS.
lFRoM An occAsIoSA AL CORRESPONDENT THE TRIBUSEl
topeka, Kan, July 6.-The unprecedented
crop yield of Kansas indications Of which have already
been teegraphed to THE TRIBUNE, may be intelig1py
grouped under five heads wheat, % oats ana Other
small grains g. corn, a. sorghum. or amber cane ana
broom corn, and % fruits and vegetables.
Both the quality and quantity of this years wheat are
remarkable surprising those OF 1873 the year OF great
plenty There were then 100000 under cultiya
ton the acreage Of 1882 is 100000 The estimated
yield shown by figures received at the Office OF the
state Board Of Agriculture, Is over 20 bushels
TO the acre, making the winter wheat mar
vest upward Of 3OOoo,OOO bushels There
will be 100000 bushels Of spring wheat,
which Will bring the total OF Kansas wheat for
this year up to 81 10000 bushels This vast amount
of grain is harvesting and so fu-grown, smooth
plump the berry that greater part of the crop
will grade as No. wheat In this state wheat is always
in danger Of a too rapid growth. The warm weather
reaches and vigorously and the grain rpens too
But in the present year the climatic conditions
have favored the farmer whose prairie now bears him
an argOsy laden with golden treasure" The winter
was mild and pleasant 1t was followed by an early
spring with seasOnable showers which gave the tender
blades steady though not rank growth and the nead'
time to fiji perfectly. The recent hot weather came
when it was most welcome and rpened the crop like
magic Advance proofs of portions OF the new quarterly
report of the state Board OF Agriculture show that
many the correspondents report % and 80 bushel
yield In the lower Arkansas valley I Last week saw
several fields which viii make at least 30 bushels Har
vestng portion OF the state south OF Wichita) IL
now completed, and the grain is being shipped The
railroads are better prepared to move the crop than
they we're in 1873. when it took the summer, autumn
and good part of the early winter to get the harvest
out No chinch-bugs havO destroyed single head Oh
grain in the Arkansas valley nor far as can learn
from daily dispatches received to the state OF the
aeffau of he
Of n month or so ago completely killed of
this seourge. and untOward appearances nave
since threatened the crop Although there was
greater acreage OF wheat last yearthe official papers
show % per centthe 1892 crop will yield at least %
per cent more grain fair idea may therefore be had
OF the abundance rpened by pausng to realize
that with 100000 acres, Kansas this year pro-
duces Ave million more bushels
The other small grains look WELL Oats lead, and viii
in numerous places yield Sfty bushels TO the acre.
few DAYS ago was called 10 the agricultural Office at
the state House and wnie there shown the crou-
lars which contain the estimates supplied the boards
regular correspondents IL every county Of the state
The secretary dealing with these papers had drawn
out "A table for his reference, showing the exact
position OF the various crops as Indicated
Il the general pies. Appended to TINS fono
was a note as follows: AT no time
in the history Of Kansas have the oat
prospects been better than they are now Increased
acreage and very heavy yields" Seventy counties had
then reported or that number sixy-eght had oats OF
the finest quality while one returned poor and a
moderate yield. Rye will yield with wheat.
Corn ia always the heaviest crop in Kansas but its
success or failure although Of the utmost concern 70 the
rower does not excite the general interest that the
wheat prospects do Locally it Is probably more inn
portan for Kansas is becoming stock-rasng country
and corn the chief atenng food fed to work animals
and the beasts sold for slaughter. Fully 100000
acrea are this year under cOrn The Board
of Agriculture estimate the yield as 175OOOOOO
bushels: the Land Department OF the Atchison Topeka
and santa Fe Railroad Company at about 15 less
There are ten twelve counties which the official fig
,res show a corn acreage OF over 100000 each
Until lately the corn prospects were hot pVercheeIu.
Damn weather and had held the crop back but II Is
now out of danger. The fields look clean and not weedy
aud since recent rains there are no evidences OF
curiing blades The only thing To be feared 10 the not
mugs having finished their deoanoh amidst the wheat
are wont To turn the mai fields But this season,
early and which are faa 10 such insects closed
shaty hook for "A all events
Amber and broom corn are classed tOgetner IN
grouping field products, because they are comparatively
new crops, valuable as stock eed ana nave an III
acreage OF 100 per The former has been
raised only a years during witch time t has proved
o he of greatest value 10 farmer ana stOekman AS
6een fodder N he incOm parable fully equang
corn i'm nutritious properties WINE tue InAnuacu re OI
,,ar and a growing Kansas industry tnat has
80 lie attention OF scientists ana capitalists all
over tne UniOn Pro essOr 5Wensen chemist Ia the Agrl
osc .i Denartment OF the University OF Wisconsin,
,, n. 90 an mission connection with the timing
rncess ~ practised ansas sugar mills The success
rro.in,corn growers In talifOrnls has
VI ~ the cuyatOrs OF that product in Pawnee
Edw ,rls and other OF the southwestern counties.
~. ars Increased acreage over last year OF 400
nor cenr The readily keted ana the brush Is
aold Tor a familiar domestic purpose However, there
are scores anu cattle men VINO euiuVa'e IL Tor
Frts md vegetables look thrifty, but manifest no
Features OF SPECIAL attraction that VIII commend them
~ nfiee Apples, pcacDes plnns and sinai fruits were
injured by the frost some districts. Butler County
r.ort the vegetables in twelve years. anu there are
Iturtn md flies