The Iola register., 1891-10-23
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The wheat Product over my eight MIL
lion Bushsis-Oats and Corn Follow

The wheat Product Over my eight MIL
lion Bushsis-oats and Corn Follow
Secretary Mohler OF she state board
OF agriculture has made an interesting
report for October, in which he DEAN
with the conditions and value OF the
wheat, oats and corn crop and the pros
poets for the ensuing year. Among
other things Mr.. Mohler says:
The correspondents Of this board
place the average yield per acre of win
ter wheat OF Kansas by belts as follow, Q
based upon Yields reported by thresh-
ers: For the eastern belt, thirty-nine
counties, 1854 bushels per acre; for the
central belt, thirty-fve counties, 1852
bushels; for the western belt, thirty
two counties, 14.6 bushels. The wheat
area as returned by assessors from the
eastern belt is S15, ,430 acres. The aver
age weld per acre was 1884 bushels,
giving a winter wheat product for the
eastern belt of l3,570,576 bushels. The
average yield per acre for the central
belt, applied to an erea Of 2,422, los
acres. gives total winter wheat pro
duct Of this belt OF 81, ,569, 221 bushels.
The average yield per acre Of winter
wheat, applied to an area of 81, 400 acres
gives a total winter wheat product for
the western belt OF 5, 029, 954 bushels. In
this belt there is large acreage Of
spring wheat
In the entire state, we have total
winter product of Sc. 196, $50 bushels and
according to the estimates Of our cor
respondents the yield of spring wheat
is 9, 2o2, S69 bushels, making total ag-
gregate wheat product for the state,
winter and spring, OF SO, $780, ,6l9 bushels.
Oats-The average yield per acre OF
oats for the entire state is placed by
our correspondent at 30.54 bushels;
making total oats product for the
state OF 80, 668, ,045 bushels.
Corn-It is yet too early to procure
final estimates on the corn crop of Kan
sas, but the reports of our correspop-
dents place the probable yield per acre
of this cereal for the entire state at
q. .92 bushels. This average yield per
acre on an area of 5, 209, 234 acres would
give q total corn product for the state
OF 145, 4S5, 9lS bushels.
Summary OF conditions. Irish pota.
toes s. per cent, sweet potatoes So pei
cent, sorghum, 96 per cent, broom corr
90 per cent and millet SO per cent.
Condition of ground for wheat sew.
ing during September is reported
throughout the state with but few ex'
ceptions as too dry. The eastern por.
tion OF the state seems to have suffered
more from drought during this month
than the central portion. Many couq1
ties in southeastern Kansas report
practically no rain for nearly two
months-August and September-ana
the ground SO dry that it was impossl
BILE TO pillow.
The only counties in the state thai
report the condition OF the groupd
good or fairly good are Jewell, Mitchell,
Osborne, Pratt and Rocks, all except
Pratt in the northwest portion Of the
central belt Even in these counties
the ground was quite dry until the mid.
die Of september. In consequence. Of
this extreme drought wheat ldying hal
been retarded evefywhere in the stste,
In the eastern belt correspondents re-
port only q per cent Of the area IL z
proposed to plant, as sowp Al
the date Of the report, II
the central belt % per cent and
in the western belt II per cent. IL
nearly all portions of the state, how
tver, rains fell the last week in Sep.
tember and with ground in good oondi
ion throughout October. an acresgs
equal to that of last year will probabl,
be sown in most of the counties of tHt
state.
Live Stock-There is no prevailing
disease reported in live stock, except
that in several counties in eastern Kan
sas, a good many cases Of hog cholers
are reported. The counties reporting
hog cholera are Allen, Coffey, Jeffer
son, Miami, Neosho and Shawnee. All
other counties report stock of all Kind.
in excellent health and in good condt
tion generally.