The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-06

ToPEAK, Kan, Aug. 5.-The July report
of the secretary OF the state board of ag-
riculture, issued today, is as follows:
Abstracts of the assessors' returns have
been received at this office from all the
counties of the state with the exception oi
Mitchell. Estimating the wheat, corn and
oats areas of Mitchell county as the same
as that of last year, the official returns oi
the state make the areas of these crops for
this year respectively as follows
"Wheat-The winter wheat area of Kan
sas this year is 8 sos, 791 acres, an increase
of 226, ,785 acres, or 633 per cent. The
spring wheat area is 309,S73 acres, or 104
per cent.
"Corn-Tbe corn area is 5. So, ,SO7 acres, an
increase of 385, ,573 acres. or "a per cent.
"Oats-The area sown to oats last spring,
IS returned, is 1,613, 79S acres, an increase
of 3l5, ,052 acres or 24 rs per cent.
The yield Of wheat. SO far as threshing
has been done, indicates:
"First-That the estimated yield per
acre in the eastern belt as represented a
month ago. is fully retained, but will prob
ably not be raised.
''Second-That the estimated yield per
acre in the central belt, as reported by the
correspondents, is too low, but how much
il should be raised cannot be determined
until "A larger proportion of the crop is
;hreshed The Weld so far reported. how
ever, would seem to warrant an average
yield per acre of IS bushels, or one and one
half bushels larger than reported month
ago.
'Third-That the estimated yield per acre
as reported mouth ago for the western
belt is also too low, and would seem to
warrant an average yield per acre for the
belt of Is bushels, or one bushel higher
than before.
''Since 81 per cent. of the total winter
wheat area of the state is in the central
and western belts, the total winter Wheat
product for the state will be raised con-
siderably above the estimate of month
ago. Including spring wheat, the total
aggregate wheat product of the state Will
reach TO- 000,000 bushels and probably
more. About Is per cent. of the wheat of
the state is reported as in the stack on
August l, and the entire crop of the state
is saved in excellent condition. The
quality, as reported by threshers and
millers, is very superior.
"Oats-Our correspondents estimate the
average yield OF oats per acre Tor the state
at 25.3 bushels, which, on the acreage re-
ported, gives total oats product for the
state OF 4O,927,57 bushels.
Condition OF corn-The north half of
the eastern belt reports that the condition
OF corn on July 81 is 50 per cent, and the
south half, so per cent. The north half of
the central belt reports the condition of
corn as az per cent, and the south half,
Sl5 per cent. The north half OF the west
ern belt reports the condition of corn as
$05 per cent, and the south half at 65. The
area planted TO corn in the eastern belt, as
reported, is :, 9l1 ,359 acres; the area planted
TO corn in the central belt is z, 800 500 acres,
and the area of corn as reported for the
western belt, is 355, GAS acres, of which
@95, ,ST4 acres are in the north half OF the
belt and SO, IA in the south half. The con-
dition OF corn for the entire state is re-
ported at 7 per cent of full average, or
loss of four point since the report of a
month ago. With the exception of the
southwest portion of the state, embracing
eighteen or twenty counties, in which the !
corn area is very small, the corn condition
of the state is fairly good. In some coun- |
ties it Is excellent. Since the fields are |
generally well cultivated and clear of
weeds, with favorable conditions from |
this on the outlook is good.
Summary of crop conditions, compared !
with full average-Corn, ~ per cent: |
broom corn, SOS; tame grass, SIG; prairie |
.grass, S3; castor beans, IS; barley, SIG; |
sorghum, St; potatoes, 20; millet, S06 !
iapples, 32; grapes 81.
Rainfall and inch-bugs-The rainfall |
during the mouth OF July was quite light, |
and the heat was intense for much of the |
'ime, threatening serious damage to the
corn crop of the state, especially in the |
central and western belts. On July q |
Gnd 2S. however. there was IA general raiE-
Iall, extending to nearly all portions of !
the STAGE, and. while some localities were /
missed, the crop conditions in the state as
u whole, were vastly improved, and, being
succeeded by "A lower temperature, both
plant and animal life were very greatly re-
ileved.
''Chinch bugs are reported in all por-
1ions of the state. In some places they
; re numerous, but up to the present time
40 great damage has been done Corn
to wheat fields has suffered most.
If timely rains and cooler weather do not
come, the damage TO the crops by the bugs
will probably not Ss serious. Many
farmers of the state are testing Professor
SHOWS process of exterminating the bugs
by artiticially spreading fatal disease
them, and, generally, the expert
ment is pronounced n success.
With favorable crop conditions during
August, the output of Kansas farms for
| he year will probably not fall below that
OF any previous year"