The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-11-27
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Prospects FOR Next Harvest not AZ Al
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Prospects FOR Next Harvest Not At All
5attsfaetury.
TOPEKA, Kan Nov. 2S-The crop re-
port of the state board OF agriculture Is
as follows:
From reports recently received at
this office from correspondents the fol-
lowing information is gathered: First
That "a severe drought has prevailed in
the eastern belt or division of Kansas,
covering about thirty-nine counties
rhisGrouglt seems to have been most se-
we're and Of the longest duration in that
portion OF the eastern belt lying south
Of the Kansas river. Some counties,
notably Cohey, Cowley, Linn, Allen,
Anderson, Bourbon, Cherokee, Elk,
Montgomery and others, report prac-
ticaIly no rain since July. Stock water
IS very scarce and pastures dried up
This condition exists with but few exc
ceptions throughout this entire district
In the northern counties, however, the
drought has not been so severe and
conditions are not so bad
The drought has been so severe that
plowinE in many counties could not be
done Neither could the ground ia
other ways be properly prepared for
wheat sowing, and in consequences. the
area sown to wheat ia this belt is re-
ported at only CAT per cent Of that
sown a year ago Some counties report
as low as 25 per cent. OF last years ares,
and the wheat which is sown IS re-
ported a very poor stand, and for the
most part throughout the district in
very poor condition
Some correspondents in Jefferson
| county say: Wheat goes into winter
quarters in the poorest condition in
twenty years, aud not more than half
Of the wheat sown has germinated;
other counties report about the same
/ a correspondent in Chautauqua says;
I No rain since july" The black weeyil
l has ruined all the wheat in stack. In
| Cowley county weevil fu the bin aud
/ Hessiau fly working in the early sown
| wheat are reported
] In the central belt comprising thirty
I Eve counties, extending from about the
/ 8.th meridian west to the western line
i Of Phillips county on the north down
! through the state is reported generally
I in much better condition. In some
| counties. correspondents report a
/ lack of sufficient rainfall TO put
I the soil in good condition for
] wheat sowing OF to warrant a good
i growth this fall But general 3
| throughout the district after the goth
t day OF September there has been sufi-
/ cient, and iu some cases excessive rain
/ fall aud as a result the soil has been
| generally in good condition Tor late
seeding and farmers have taken udvan-
] Llge OF the favorable WeHLueE ana SOIL
| conditions throughout October,
The percentage of area soyn to wheat
| this fall in the central district com
pared with that of last year, is reported
at g6.3 per cent The wheat generally
! was sovu late, much of 80 quite late.
That which was sown earliest has
made good growth, but in consequence
| of late seeding much OF the wheat has
| at this date scarcely mude its appear
auce above ground There is however
Tor the most part moisture enough "a
/ the ground to germinats these
The western belt, comprising thirty
/ two counties in western Kansas, report
the weather and soil conditions muct
the same as those of the central belt
The total estimated area for the en-
tire state sown TO wheat in the fall oil
1891, as compared with the area sowr
ia 1890, is reported at o.. G4 per cent, oi
2sI s53 acres less than year ago.
! The condition of wheat Throughout
the state IS much below the average a
this season of the year and the outlool
for the next wheat crop in q very larE,
portion of the state is not as datterinE
as we might desire it % be.