The Globe-republican., 1891-10-15
KANSAS CROPS.

| KANSAS CROPS.
condltion Of. Grain and Liva Stock-Seore-
tary Mohler's Omcial Report.
TOPEKA. Kan, Oct 1o-Secretasy
Nohler of the state board of agricult-
ure has issued the following report:
The correspondents Of this board
place the average yield per acre Of
/; winter wheat of Kansas by belts a
follows. based upon yields reported by
thrcshers: For the eastern belt 50
counties. 16. Ga bushels per acre; for tho
central belt, IS counties, Is 50 bushels;
for the western belt, 80 counties, LAG
bushels. The wheat area as returned
bv assessors for the eastern belt is SIS, :
$50 acres. The average yield per acre
was 1854 bushels, givinga winter wheat
product for the eastern belt of $780,
576 bushels. The average yield per
acre for the central belt, applied to an
area of 2, 4a2. 16s acres, gives a total
winter wheat product of 81. S6e. 221
bushels The average yield per acre Of
winter wheat, applied to an area of "a
400 acres, gives q total winter wheat
product for the western belt of 5. 039. =
; 954 bushels. lin this belt there is .
large acreage of spring wheat)
In the entire state we have total
winter product of Sc, 1876, $50 bushels
and according to the estimates of our
correspondents the yield of spring
| wheat is 2,o02, 500 bushels, making q
total aggregate wheat product for the
state, winter and spring. of IS, 500, 619
bushels.
Oats-The average yield per acre Of
oats for the entire state is placed by
our correspondents ct 80 81 bushels.
! making total oats product for the state
of 80, 66s. 043 bushels
Corn-It is yet too early to procure
final estimates on the corn crop Of Kan
sas, but the reports Of our correspond
ents place the probable yield per acre
of this cereal for the entire state at
1892 bushels. This average yield per
acre on an area of s. 209, 2S4 acres would
give total corn product for the state
of 145, 4S5. 91S bushels
Summary of conditions: Irish pota-
toes SIS per cent, sweet potatoes % per
cent. sorghum % per cent, broom corn
% per cent and millet 50 per cent.
Condition of ground for wheat SOW
ing during September is reported
throughout the state Nth but few ex-
ceptions as too dry. The eastern por-
ton 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 two
months-August and Septem ber--and
the ground SO dry that it was ;mpossi-
Bile to pillow.
The only counties in the state that
report the condition Of the ground good
or fairly good are Jewell. Mitchell. Os-
borne, 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 greatly retarded everywhere
in the state. In the eastern belt cor
respondents report only % per cent.
of the area it is proposed to plant. as
sown at the date of the report,
in the central belt 36 per cent. and in
the western II per cent. In nearly all
portions Of the state. however. rain fell
the last week in September and with
ground in good condition 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, a good many cases of hog cholera
are reported The counties reporting
hog cholera are Allen, Coffey, Jeffer-
son, Miami, Neosho and Shawnee. All
other counties report stock of all kinds
in excellent health and in good con.
dition generally.