The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-16
cRop REPORTS.



Crop Prospects In Kansaa end missouri .
shown By Omcial Reports.
TOPEKA, Kan, April 6-Secretary SimA
ct the State Board Of Agriculture, has pre-
pared the following summary Of his crop 70.
port for three months ending March 81: Tho
light yield and unsatisfactory price Of win
ter wheat for 1885, together with unfavor-
able conditions at seeding time, caused .
reduction in the area sown last fall, Is COM
pared with 1884. Of about 10 per cent
The greater part OF this loss Is found
to be in the heavy wheat growing district in
the central portion Of the State. known
a. "the wheat belt" The counties of Dick.
lnsoD, Saline, Mcpherson, Marion. Sedg-
wick and Sumner. six of the LARGEST wheat
producing counties Of the State, show .
loss, Is compared with the area sOwn In
1884, of lao, 900 acres, while all tile other
counties lying within the belt with the ex-
ception OF Russell, Ellsworth, Rice and o.
tawa, have lost heavily. The eastern third
Of the State, less noted for wheat culture,
has also reduced its area materially, but the
loss a compared with that shown by the
report from the central belt Is not very Inn.
pOrtant In the west increased areas
ton where the acreage has been and still
remains small show the area sown
last fall to BE- largely In excess Of any for
mer period. As . rule farmers delayed
seeding last fall much beyond the usual
period. The seed terminated we'll, however,
but late, and while the plant grew well In
November and December, it was too feeble
at the beginning of winter to withstand the
unusually cold weather Of January and
February and the early sown fields in some
OF the large wheat growing districts have
been seriously injured. A summary Of
the reports from $50 correspond
ents, representing every organized county
and some OF the un0rganized, showing that
the condition OF the crop April clearly in
dicates that at least 40 per cent. of the
wheat sOwn In Kansas last fall has been
killed. The loss in the central part of the
State, where the greater part Of the wheat
Is grown. is very heavy. ranging In the dit.
ferent counties from 30 to 80 per cent; in
the eastern counties from 90 to 80 per cent,
and In the west from S 10 10 per cent The
reports also show the condition of the live
plants to be 20 per cent. below the vitality
and growth Of former years. At the period
under consideration, April /, the summary
of the loss in the area sOwn, as compared
with 1884, ID 16 per cent winter-killed and
death from other causes 40 per cent The
area from which product may be ex-
pected, as compared with the vitality and
growth Of average years at this date, 10 80
per cent
Missouri Crop Report.
81. LOUIS, April Cd. w. SanbOrn, Sec
Rotary of the State Board of Agriculture,
has furnished the following report Of crops
in Missouri; Very full reports from every
section of the State give most cheerful views
OF the agricultural outlook. Wheat is
95 per cent. OF the average pros
pect and is improving. Stock is
healthy anc the soil favorable
for tillage. Wheat is fully up to the aver
age, except where the snow blew off on the
ridges or on wet undrained prairie. Seven
teen and five-tenths per cent of the wheat
crop of 1855 remains in the farmers hands |
and 35 9-10 per cent of corn is in first
hands. The loss of hogs for the past year
was 22 5-1O per cent. largely from cholera. |
The amount of stock in the State ia slightly |
less than last April and IL per cent less on |
sheep.