Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-10-24
KANSAS BIG CROPS.
The Wheat Product Over Fifty-elght Mn
lion Bushels-Oats and Corn Follow

The whoat Product Over Fifty eight Mn
lion Bushels-Oats and. Corn Follow
Secretary Mohler OF the state board
Of agriculture has made an interesting
report for October, In which he deals
with the conditions ana valre oil tho
wheat, oats and corn crop and the pros
pects 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 Us follows
based upon yields reported by thresh-
ers: For the eastern belt, thirty-nine
counties. 1904 bushels per acre: for the
central belt, thirty-6ve counties, 1857
bushels; for the western belt. thirty
two counties, l4.6 bushels. The wheat
area as returned by assessors from tho
eastern belt is 8l5, 400 acres. The aver
age yield per acre was 1854 Bushels,
giving q winter wheat product for the
eastern belt OF 13,570,516 bushels. The
average yield per acre for the central
belt, applied to an erea OF 2,422, 1853
acres, gives total winter wheat pro
duct OF this belt OF 1850, c2l bushels
the average yield per acre OF winter
wheat, applied TO an area OF "a. 400 acres
gives total winter wheat product for
the western belt Of 5, 029, 0j4 bushels lin
this belt there is large acreage OF
spring wheat.
In the entire state, we have total
winter product OF So. 1856, $50 bushels and
according TO the estimates OF our cor
respondents the yield OF spring wheat
is 2, 202, 500 bushels. making total ag-
gregate wheat product for the state,
winter and spring, OF $3.50, 6l9 bushels.
Oats-The average yield per acre OF
oats for the entire state is placed BY
our correspondent at 1904 bushels;
making total oats product for the
state OF 81, 66s, 045 bushels.
Corn-It is yet too early to procrre
final estimates on the corn crop OF Kan
sas, but the reports OF our correspon-
dents place the probable yield per acre
OF this cereal for the entire state al
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, 1856, 9lS bushels.
Summary OF conditions. Irish pota-
toes S. per cent, sweet potatoes 81 per
cent, sorghum, SO per cent, broom corn
% per cent and millet SO per cent
Condition OF ground for wheat SOW
ing during September is reported
throughout the state with but few ex-
ceptions as too dry. The eastern por-
tiop OF the state seems to have suffered
more from drought during this month
than the central portion. Many cOun-
ties in southeastern Kansas report
practically no rain for nearly tive
inonths-August and September-and
the ground so dry that it was impossi-
bic to pillow.
The only counties in the state thai
report the condition OF the ground
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 sowing has
been retarded everywhere in the state
In the eastern belt correspondents re-
port only q per- cent OF the area il Is
proposed to plant. as sowI AZ
the date OF the report ~
the central belt " per cent qua
in the western belt II per cent liz
nearly all portions of the state, how
yer, rains fell the last week in Sep
TENDER and with ground in good condi-
ton throughout October. an acreage
equal to that of last year will probably
be sown in most Of the counties OF the
state.
Live Stock-There is no prevailing
disease reported in live stock. except
that in several counties In eastern KAN
! sas, q good many cases Of hog cholera
are reported. The counties reporting
hog cholera are Allen, Coffey. .Ie1eE-
SON, Miami, Neosho aaG ShaTnse, AL
other counties report stock 4tSak @&RSS
in excellent health and 81 sSod condi-
tion generally.