The Globe-republican., 1891-07-08

by heavy rains flooding the fields;
in others by mysterious blight sup
posed to be the result of peculiar me-
neurological conditions. while in 9th
er localities the Hessian fly, the wheat
straw worm and other causes have
combined to dissappoint the early ex
pectatious of some farmers, and vet
our correspondents say that the ag
gregate wheat crop of the state this
year is the largest in her history, and
with the exception of corn, every crop
growing. including fruit, promises an
extraordinary yield. The wheat area
assessors returns have been received
at this Office from ninety eight of the
one hundred and six counties of the
state. The counties whose abstracts
of the assessors returnes have not
been received are Butler, Cowley,
Ellsworth, Harper, Jewell, Lyon,
Wyandotte and Shawnee. Estimat-
ing the increase in wheat areas of
those counties about the same as of
adjoining counties, the wheat area of
the state as follows:
In the eastern third of the state,
thirty nine counties, the area is 1884,
280 acres; the central third, thirty
five counties, the area is 1865, 500
acres;' the western third, thirty two
COUNTIES, the area is 344,408 acres,
making an aggregate winter wheat
area of the state for this year of 3,
AZ, 1856 acres, or an increase over the
area of last year Of 81 percent.
The yield of wheat for the state, as
estimated by our correspondents, is
as follows: For the eastern third of
the state, thirty nine counties, seven
teen bushels per acre: for the central
third of the state, thirty five counties,
fifteen Bushels per acre; for the west
ern third, thirty two counties, thirteen
bushels per acre. This average yield
applied to the total winter wheat
product Of the state to be 52,O85, 100
bushels:
SPRING WHEAT.
The area sown to spring wheat, as
shown by assessors returns, is 49,
143 acres, with an average yield. as
estimated by our correspondents, of
fifteen bushels per acre, gives a total
yield of spring wheat for the state of
2,222,195 bushels. or an aggregate
wheat product for the state winter
and spring. of 81 ,3O7 1865 bushels.
THE wHEAD HARVEST.
The winter wheat south of the
Union Pacific railroad is for the most
part in the shock at this date and
much of it in the stack. North of
the Union Pacific railroad the farm
ers are in the midst of harvest now,
and in a week from this with at all
favorable weather the entire wheat
crop of the state will be in shock or
in stack. The damage to the wheat
crop since maturity in consequence
of continued rains amounts practi
cally to but little at this date on the
entire wheat area of the state.
CORN.
A considerable portion of the corn
area in the eastern third Of the state,
mostly bottom lands, is in very bad
condition. Some of it has been aban
doned on account of the continuous
heavy rains making it impossible for
long time to give the necessary
cultivation to keep the weeds in sub
lection, That portion of the area,
however, in which the weeds have
gained the mastery, rendering it en-
tirely worthless is comparatively
small. In the central third of the
state our correspondents say the corn
condition is better. Much of it is
also reported weedy in this section,
for the same reason as given above,
but not in so bad a condition as in
the eastern third. and therefore the
chances for redemption are better,
and as the corn is quite backward by
reason of excessive and oft repeated
rains, farmers, after their wheat har-
vest is out of the way, will probably
have an opportunity to completely
subdue the weeds and still make an