Wichita eagle., 1889-09-07
SLIGHTLY REDUCED AVERAGE
A Little Bad Weather Just Keeps Crops
From Being Perfection.

TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. 6.-Secretary
Mohler, of the agricultural department,
issued the followitg crop report 10 lay:
From the reports of 600 CORES pondents
of the board representing 103 counties of
the state we learn that the general condi-
ton of crops throughout the state, with
the exception of number of counties in
the western portion, continues TO be favor
able.
Wheat-In sixty-two of the 1O3 counties
reporting our correspondents say that
wheat is more or less damaged by rust and
exposure in shock. the damage to the crop
varying IN the different counties from to
per cent making the percentage of area
in which the wheat was thus damaged II
per cent OF the total wheat area of these
counties. The previously estimated aver
aged product per acre Is thereby re-
duced Ii per cent as reports show.
This reduces the previously estimated
average per acre from twenty-five bushels
to twenty bushels per acre for these coun-
ties and the average yield per acre for the
balance of wheat area remaining the same
AS previously estimated, the average prod
uct per acre for the state now is twenty
one bushels. The acreage of winter wheat
as shown by assessors returns now all in is
1,550, 7S4 acres which, yielding twenty-one
bushels per acre, gives total product OF
winter wheat for the state of
spring wheat is S,43S acres
acres, The average product per acre as
estimated by our correspondents is thirty
bushels, which gives total product for
the state of 40, 207 667 bushels.
Corn-With the exception of number
of counties in the western portion of the
state Seventeen in alb in which the corn
acreage is very small, our correspondents
report the corn crop in very good cond-
ton. Their estimates of the average yield
per acre ranges from twenty-three to fifty
five bushels. The estimated average yield
per acre for the state is SO 2 bushels The
total corn area for the state which here
tofore has been estimated in
round numbers at 100000 acres is
The average yield per acre is estimated at
fifteen bushels, making total spring
wheat product of 1 ,413,00s bushels, and
grand total of winter and spring wheat
of SO, $40, 1l6 bushels
Cores pondents say that in twenty-five
of the 1913 counties reporting. portion of
the DAT crop was entirely lost by wet
weather, the percentage of loss ranging
in different counties from Sc to IS per cent.
making an average percentage OF loss In
these counties of 32.5 per cent. This loss
reduces the acreage from which product
is obtained from 1893, 901 to 1905 96
found to be 6,S20, 693 acres, as shown by the
assessors returns now in for the entire
state. This acreage with an average pro-
duct of 1872 bushels per acre gives total
corn product of 261 1874. 165 bushels. The
aggregate product is liable to be varied
during the month of September since the
late corn is not yet fully made. In a mum
Der Of counties in southeastern and also in
central Kansas correspondents already re-
port damage to the crop from continued
dry weather, and if this weather continues
the total product for the state may be
somewhat reduced.
The dry weather during the last two or
three weeks of August was especially
favorable to making hay and threshinG,
and the time was industriously improved
by the farmers. No crop bulletin is issued
at this time for August.
At the close of the month report for
August and September will be furnished,
containing the population of the state in
full by counties; also of municipal cities
and other statistics of interest and vslue
to the public. NJ. MoHLER,
Secretary State Board of Agriculture