Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-26
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Fior the spt9mbF re IL Il the secre.
tary 10 the Sfpte Roatd Of AgricuIture. the
suojained NOES Will he fonnd ~ int rest!
The Secretary says: "Thesrnontb Of Sen.
teihber has been trying period an rorn.
the month, In many sectiuns az .ths stote.
was entirely without rainfall ma tbi,
ADDED TO the fact that but slight fal, &C.
corrod in. August, gave such n Ien-.,a Of
time without moisture Chat corn US in.
lured severely. The result has her .bot
fields that promised fifty and siyty Inn .;,eIs
To thee acre ON tho, 18th Of Au,I,s, ,,,ke
only Yield 81 thirty or f6rty IN, Oct der
lst' some portiohsof the State had ali.
clent rainfall the entire. season. and the
yield in thesessctious. has Mem lsfcer than
ever before known. There were no general
rains in SepteEntep theror beinu onIvlloca1
showers. This q 1piaiais sbown lin
tablet where a certain county
has an average yield of fifty bushels.
and an adjoining county Win equally
10 SOU sou mas but thirty-five. These APP
parent Inconsistencies occur i'm many
places ana can readily be explained as
aooVe hopeu. The extreme western coun.
'ies nave made the smallest yield of corn
yet s'taineh In their history: sherfdari
making a totalfailure, while Ellis. Graham,
hodgeman, Ness and Trego hardly recov.
cred the seed planted in the spring. The
average yieldfor the State has been re6sced
from the August estimate to 400 bushels
per acre, or total product of 100. 3s3. 2s7. a
falling OF during the month of about I6..
100000 bushels. This loss comes from the
counties where the rainfall wal insuftirient.
this being the only cause. In nearly an of
thecounties thatfell below an average Well
the quality of the grain Is below the stan.
lard OF last year. Where the yields have
been large the quality is excellent, being
much superior tn that of 1882. For the an.
tire State the ualify-fsl sbo1t tan hsrscent.
superior to the croIlofG;&t yeas Eotsxith.
standing the bad effects of a dry month up.
on the corn, product thisAYsur d still IN
excess of that of last year. By 'dbotrt 3A,bee, !
bushels. The early varieties Of Irish jota-
toes have made an iinusuallS-lnfge, yield in
all portions of the State, The late varie.
ties in the majority of counties, xii Yield
very poorly. The State yield OF both va.
rieties will average about ninefy-five
bushels per acre, making q total CROP of 4.
SOL, II5 bushels from an dfea of B9,s45 acres.
The yield of sweet Lphtatoes will Il ay-
lerage 900 bushels, and from
1901 acres make 49B, 500 bushels
The quality of early dfish potatoes was
much superior to any crop heretofore grown
i'm Kansas. A large part of the sorghum
grown this year was 7intendet, 6or forage
only. The area of the State is 2O2 ,O42 acres,
morssi1a TFcEs wv q which has bs-p or
will Ss hstd>a4 a'bve hutesk- IThe 81, GOO
acres plantrrf for sugar and syrup will
yield about 5,OOO,ODOO gallons. The forasel
AREA will average absnt Ska toms, to the
acre, makiugSa pfpdact 4 $1,000 tpns OF
excellent foraSe-L FaIit kasnotN been SUD
cessfpl This year-in- ksnsas,S The severe
wintehilid aSerea edealbf damage ,Dkillihg
great many of the peach trees. The APP
pie crop Is lahout sixtssrer cent. of an -av.
erage: None Of the. small fruits. except
possible grapes, made an average crop"
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