The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-07-13
ruE LARGEST EVER GATHERED.
Rrpsrf OF tie Or. rs in the Arkansas
and CoIIons. ood YaIIsys.

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crafty Ing condition of the crops. The
following are summaries of the dis
patches
CowIry cuaniy-rhe harvest is com
pletcd la this county, Tire quality "f the
grain being the best ever known in the
district The average Weld is %
bushels 10 Tire acre. 4 Winfield CORES
pGndeLt TePcTjs one field of Is acres
which his made - bushels Corn is
some pieces standing from 1
s To 10 lee' nigh. and beginning 20 tas-
sci. Al o her crops are splendid. A |
few new settlers have come here from
Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and Kentucky.
Chase couuiy-Our wheat ieids from
20 tn - bushels, while many fields will
go over p. Harvesting is done and |
grain is secured in excellent condition.
Corn looks better than il has for years
at this time. Oats are being harvested |
aud are the best ever raised. Other /
cereals are in peri, CT condition. The |
grass crop. both tame and wild, will be /
heavy. Millet and Hungarian are in
fine condition. No crops are suffering |
from lack OF rain. Ohio, Illinois, Iowa |
and New York have lately contributed |
to our immigration.
MarlOa -Threefourths OF the |
wheat is now secured Four CERT s. |
pOndents estimate the average yield as |
follows: % bash, Il, 20 Ia % bushels, |
% Ia % bushels. The best fields reach |
30 and occasionally 40 bushels. The |
corn outlook indicates a large crop.
The pat crnp, which is nearly up, will
be heavy, with yield of from so 10 90
bushels. The weather is favorable for
harvesting and for growing crops. Fair
crops of apples, pears and peaches. The
grass is fine and abundant. New farm
ers from Massachusetts and the middle
and western states.
Harvey county-This week will see
wheat harvesting finished and the oats
harvest commenced. The weather has
been perfect for harvesting, and the
wheat is stacked in splendid condition.
Il will grade and ?, being quite equal
TO the 1878 crop, The average yield is
% bushels. Some sections report not
Oats are good, and rye will yield with
wheat. Corn will need ram shortly.
Broom corn and sugar corn are good.
Stock of all kind is thriving. A num-
Der of new farms have been opened up
this spring, principally by farmers from
Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio and New
York, and from across. The Atlantic.
Usage county-iIarvest is proceeding,
and the present condition of the corn
since the recent showers is good.
Greenwood county-The acreage of
small grain is not very large in Green
| wood county. Wheat has been harvest
ed and has proved to be of the finest
/ quality of any, the yield being twenty
| bushels. Corn and other crops look
we'll There has been sufficient rain.
Butler county-The farmers here were
never more prosperous or in better spir-
its than they are uoy.. The wheat har-
vest is now over. Berry plump and
bright. The average yield may be safe.
ly put at 30 bushels. A great many
acres have over 25 and some as high as
40 bushels. The weather has been per
feet. Com is 1fourishing and we shall
have tremendous yield. There is nc
indication of drouth. The new farmers
are principally from Missouri, Illinois
Iowa and Pennsylvania
Scdgwick county-HarYest has JUS
been completed for wheat, which i:
threshing out from 20 to So bushels pei
acre of the finest quality ever grown il
the lower Arkansas valley. Oats and rye
extra good, and potatoes good. The
weather which has been perfect for bar
vesting is a little too dry for corn. bu
the corn crop will probably make it all
right Every branch of business ii
prosperous and real estate is rising IL
value.
Sumner county-Ruin is needed badly
for growing crops, but no crop has sui
fered to- any extent vet. Wheat harvest
ing is over and the gram is tirst-class il
every respect-plump, bright and heavy
Oats and rye are also harvested. Ohio
Illinois and Indiana add to our popula
ton.
Mcpherson county - Two-thirtis o
McPherson's l05, 600 acres of whca
is already in. The average yield will
certainly not be under % bushels. Patch
es are not uncommon where from 4C
to 90 bushels are the figurs. The quality
is fully equal to that of 1878. Corn il
good and growing fast. Other products
promise encOuragingly. Crops are moi
suffering from lack of rain.
Reno couniy-A good many farmer:
are threshing and some wheat has been
marketed, the first that came in bringing
$1,01 per bushel. II is now selling Al
from SO to 30 cents per bushel in Hutch
inson. A NickeTsOn correspondent
places the'average yield at twenty bush
els, and Hutchinson one at 25. Both
agree that the quality is better than in
ordinary years. Corn generally is in
fine condition, especially where worked
now being above the horses backs. Rye
oats and amber cane are in fine condi
ton. The county has new farmers from
New York, West Virginia. Ohio, ILL
nois and Iowa.
Rice county-Harvesting is about fin
ished. In some sections wheat is all in
the stack without "a drop of water on it.
There is scarcely shrunkcn berry in
the whole harvest The average yields
in three directions are 20, 20 and %
bushels per acre, the more prolific
fields having from 80 TO 30 bushels
A Sterling correspondent speaks of corn
prospects as the finest for years. The
majority, however, say that rain is need.
ed, although at present the green blades
are growing rapidly. Oats suffered
somewhat until the recent showers, but
are getting on we'll now. Rye and su.
gar are unequdled. Late potatoes and
garden truck must have rain. A good
many settlers are reported from all parts,
particularly from the western and cen.
trail states. The live stock interests and
the wool trade are growing in the coun.
ty and the farmers are happy and get.
ting ready to pay their debts.
Barton county-Pawneo Rock report
that threshing has commenced and the
lowest wheat yield thus lar reported is
% bushels per acre. The average in this
township will be % bushels. Some fields
are threshing out 40 bushels of the best
quality of grain ever raised in this re-
| gion. Other information places the
average county yield at 20 bushels. Corn
is clean and growing finely, but needs
rain. Oats are Slightly injured by the
hot sun, and so are potatoes. Rye looks
| we'll. Sugar-cAne and broom corn are
in good growing condition. The weather
has been very favorable for saving grain,
but too hot for oats To fill well. Millet
| a =
new farmers have come in this season,
land sales having been mostly to local
| purchasers. A Great Bend authority
writes. "The surplus derived from the
present great wheat crop will be largely
/ invested in stock and land for grazing"
Pawnee county-The wheat is mostly
| secured in excellent condition, quality
extra good; yield as high as SO bushels.
Corn, which has good color, is making
Il quick growth Rye is excellent; oats
/ good sugar cane fair; broom corn and
all growing crops would be better if
| they had little rain. Root crops es-
| pecially need 1t most. There are new
| farmers around Larned from the states
of Iowa, Illinois, Ohin, Pennsylvania
and New York. Cattle are fat as seals
and sheep are doing well.
| Edwards cOunty-The harvesting is
far advanced. The wheat yield will
average 90 to % bushels. Correspon.
dents estimate some pieces at SO to 35
bushels. The qualityis about the same
as in 1878. Corn is doing we'll under
the circumstances, but needs rain. No
crop is really suffering from the dry
weather, but rain would revive them all
very much. Oats, rye and barley are
| good. Broom corn aud sorgum thrive.
| We are having immigration from Wis
| consn, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Iowa.
Ford eouniy--About q third of the
wheat remains to be harvested. We do
not grow very much, but such as has
been cultivated will average % bushels to
the acre. One piece of IS bushels is re-
ported. The grain is in perfect condi
ton and all other crops promise well,
and stock interests are fast developing.
| No new settlers.
| Srnnnval county Farming In this