Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27
CROP STATISTICS.

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The following statistics are scomn,led
rom tne VuarteriyE Report Of the Kansas
state Board ofiAgriculture: q e
inthe State has each wear &C onsiderafSe an
sown In winter BheaSL vet exuerience hss
taught which counties are best asfspfed =, its
fnad for ana the bulk of the area has been con,
ti 80 ~ Ine last six years. 10 certain see
Ls9E OF tne state, and the breadth sowr, 4, fhs
cediDe l Ssar nes fTSoweS il the wake Of pre-
cesi S on the State,-haFing Lincoln and Otfa.
va SounIes on the north. 1t averages ab0JIt
oset n9 , miles in width. and runs aIittfe
east OF south % the Indian Territory. Each
season two or three counties ot1isids of this
I'LL rama with the counties living within the
ties o. - 70 C area sown. This year these coun-
a., slIuated on the eastern border. The
sraH, .een counties lying within tbs f.elt. TO-
inc s MINI inc three counties qnsside hav-
n- 80 q sulnclent area to rank with the belt
c4untles, have about sixty per cent OF the
Mnea! area As, compared with the acreage
"a aaso year, there has been In these counties
exception of two counties (Cherokee and
OrdwIOroD the prospect for a large Weld Ia
,,ond ncouraging--claimed by many CORES
Donoents 10 be fully equal TO that of last wear
Inere has been but one cause assigned for n
Weatber 1 IN acreage and that is the dry
.h 60 NeryIarRe area was contemplated by
the farmers of the State the pratifyinp re-
SUITS OF the harvest OF 1882 being the in
condition OF the crOn in Cherokee and Grro, w.
tord Counties is that the area was nut in
700 iate In the fan, and it did not have suffi-
Gent strength 10 resist the severe weather of
the winter. As for the remaining portions of
me state, an increase in area was made in the
south and southwest, while the center. north
nSrtn yea decreased largely. The average
decrease Tor the whole State is not quite four
per cent. The poorest condition Is reported
10 the southeast and extreme west The one
cause. late seeding, is given i'm all cases for
no ron afFHtfa
portions of the State report the crop in prom
lslng condition, although it is backward in
ent outlook it would appear that the wheat
crop is about fifteen per cent below the cendi-
TON OF last year at this time.
In estimating the product for this wear. and
comparing with that of 1882 ii should he.
porne in mind that the yield of hast year was
nj least twenty per cent in excess of the
amount Indicated by the condition April l.
Therefore, in estimating the croD for 1853 IL
would secm, that. while a full average crop can
be counted upon with reasonable Certainty
the chaDces arc against having over siyty i,er
cont of tho crop of ISS2- -
Assuming the product of spring wheat tof
which little can be known Mt this date) to
equal last years crop. and deducting forty per
cent from the yield of winter wheat for the
reasons above stated the product of 1888
S5. 734 $40 bushels in 1852. ~ -
RYE=TIn Central and Southern Kansas rye is
sown almost altogether for pasture, while i'm
Northern Kansas Ii iS.grown for both pasture
and grain. The State. area increased, as COM
pared with last year. about ffteen per cent
the increase being evenly divided over the
State. The constantly increasing demand for
good pasturage has stimulated the growing of
this cereal. The reports as to its condition
are very encouraging. It being a much
harder plant than wheat, the dry fall and the
severe winter did not injure it materially. II
has not so large n growth as IL had at this time
last year, but all correspondents combine in
saying the prospect for a fun crop is very
promising. ~
The following table gives by counties the
estimated area of winter wheat and rye sown
i'm the fall of 1882: tt.i