Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-21
NO INSECTS ON Kansas
Wheat Product Estimated at S.
79O, GOO Bushels.

79o, GOO Bushels.
The Secretary Of the State Board
of Agriculture furnishes the follow |
ing crop report:
Reports are now in from over 500
correspondents representing IO2 of
the log counties in the state, indi-
Gates an unusually good condition of
crops generally throughout the state
The weather conditions have been
permanently favorable to the develop
ment of the wheat plant as well as to
the growth of rye, oats and barley,
while the growth Of corn has been re-
tarded somewhat by excessive rains
and cool weather. The agricultural
conditions generally throughout the
state are excellent at this date, and
the prospects for abundant harvests
in all crops could not be more en-
couraging.
"Winter wheat-the areas estimat-
ed by the correspondent of the board
in the March report was 1888, 979,
acres. From abstracts of assessors
returns already in and special reports
Of county clerks, kindly furnished at
our request, we find this estimate too
low by about 175,OOO acres. A few
counties are yet to be heard from.
Enough, however, is known to war
rant US in placing the total AGRA for
the state in round numbers a 1.5GO,-
600. The probable product per acre
for the state is placed by our CORE
spondents at 1882 bushels fraction
niger than the average product in
1882, which was the highest in the
history of the state. This average
per acre gives a total wheat product
for the state this year Of 33,78O,OO0
bushels, or an excess of 1884, $50
bushels above that of last season.
SPRING WHEAT AND CORN.
Spring wheat-the area as esti-
mated by our correspondents IN a
previous report is .54,920 acres, and
from the abstracts of county clerks
now in we are warranted in saying
that the actual acreage returned by
the township assessors will not be less
than chat amount. The plant is gen
orally In excellent condition and
promises a full crop.
'Corn-The acreage as estimated
by our correspondents is 4 per cent
greater than that of last year, making
total area of 7,26O,638 acres. The
stand is good, only a fraction over
one per cent is reported as having
failed to grow. The wet and cold
weather has retarded the growth ot
the plant. However, as the import
ant matter at this date is to secure 6
| good stand, the prospect for the croE
except where excessive rains have in.
terferred with It's cultivation or ren.
dered replanting necessary, is entire
! ~ satisfactory through every portion
Of the state. It seems to be entirely
free from insect depredations.
'fOats-Oats in a few of the eastern
counties are reported damaged &c
some evtent by chinch-bugs, but gen
orally throughout the state they arr
| in excellent condition, and in many
places promise extraordinary yields.
"Rye-Rye is reported a good crop
The average product per acre is esti
mated at twenty bushels for the state
THE AVERAGES ALL HIGH
''Summsry-C0rn compared with {
full stand, So per cent; oats compared
with a full stand and unimpared Vi
tility, IS per cent; barley compared
with full stand and unimpared vitiIity
| 98 per cent; potatoes compared witt
the average, los per cent; apples com
pared with full. average, Is pei. cent
cherries compared with full average
! 102 per cent; peaches compared will
| full average, 81 per cent.
Rainfall and chinch bugs, with th,
exception Of the extreme southwes
portion OF the state, our oorrespon
dents report rains abundant, in somt
sections excessive, for the month o
Nay, and the weather being cool tn
conditions were not only highly "a
vorable to a vigorous growth Of &c
reals, but In an eminent degree ia
vorable to the destruction of chinel
bugs, which, because Of the mild win
ter, were exceedingly numerous
Without this providential interior