The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1886-08-26

THE following from The AschisOn
cbanpioa viii be read with Interest
By all Kansans;
denerh w. w. Guthrie has re-
turhed from an extensive tour through
Iowa, IIlinois, Wisconsin, Nebraska
and Kansas, and as b his habit, his
faculty Of observation was on duty
constsutly. The following Is = brief
suminary Of what he saw aud heard
on bis trip, He found that Il had not
ralned in different parts Of Illinois
for from seventy % ninety days, aud
ID consequences the crops Ia thOse 10
eallties were ruined that the exces-
sive dry wezthef IN Iowa had Visibly
affected the crops Ia that state and IN
Wisconsin. While in Chicago the
General spent six days at Intervals
visiting the Board Of Trade, talking
over the crop prOspeCt with sOme Of
the best informed grain men Of that
city, and they gave him the follOFing
esfir1ate Of the corn crop Of the lead
ing corn growing states Of the West.
In Kansas an average Of 80 bushels
per acre which is ths highest aver
age for the season. In the northern
half and Central portion Of Illinois ~
bushels. In southern Nebraska and
Iowa, % bushels. In the greater pbr-
ton OF Ohio IS bushels. From this Il
win be seen that Kansas, "droughty"
Kansas, stands at the head Of the lisi
&c me greatest corn producing state
IN the UuiOn for the seaeOn Of 1886.
The Chicago grain men say that
Kansas has not Unly the largest and
best growing corn crop OF any state,
but that it has also on hand the
largest stock Of old eOrn. Gen. Guth-
RES observation tOnhFms this state
nlent, 90 proof pf which he cites the
fact that carload lots ofsheiled corn
can be bought In Kansas for twenty.
nine cents, which indicates ; large
supply on hand. The General adds
that the most favored localities IN
Kansas are Republic aud Jewell
cOuntles, where the corn will average
faOm forty 10 hfty bushels, and IN
Nebraska, Webster and Franklir
counties, where IS Ia Republic and
Jewell counties, the rains have been
ample. In the counties adjacent q
Republic and Jewell east west and
south, the crop tapers down from
1 kuAIAI " Nln n1aAEAI- Il N0An Aut
western line Of the state alOng the
Santa Fe, the corn crop varies Until
you reaeh Great Bend, from there Z
Hutchinson it is more uniform and
will average thirty bushels. Il Is still
growing. Between Great Bend and
HuichinsOn and east Of HuthinsOn. Il
will not exceed twenty bushels, and
have 10 be cut nc once 10 be utilized
for feed, being premaiuTply ripe. The
general states that there b more cat
Tie fed IN proportion 10 the number o.
cattle TO be fed than evtr before In
the history Of the state by fifty pei
cent. provided it Is properly taken
care Of. The rain belt this season, hs
adds, has been in the eastern portion
OF the State west Of Republic county
thence southeast through Cloud, So
line, Mcpherson, Reno, Harvey and
Butler, thence diverglng sOuthW esl
into BedgWiek aud sumner counties
The General says that since 1874 there
has not been 80 general ju5tifiable an
apprehension m regard 20 the watei
supply Ia those portions Of the State
not 80 highly favored with rain rs
now. Wells and creeks are drying
up, and unless Il rains soon there viii
be great suffering. Forest trees IN
southeast Kansas on the high ground
are dying.