The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-15
KANSAS CROPS.
"A Very Favorable Statement From Score.
tsry Mohler-The Wheat Weld Will Ex-
cced siyty-two Million Bushels.

WV y ~tts
TOPEKA, Kan, July 5--Secretary
Mohler, of the state board of agricult-
ure, has made the following crop re.
port:
From correspondents Of this board we
learn that during the month of June
agricultural conditions i'm Kansas have
been on the whole, favorable, the cold
wet weather of the preceding months
and in the early part of June giving
way to warm SUI and dry weather, and
these conditions, while shortening the
oat and barley crops, have brought for
ward to maturity the wheat crop of
Kansas at an earlier date than was en-
pected and has afforded an opportunity
to save, in excellent condition, the fine
wheat crop Of the state.
Correspondents report estimate of
yield per acre of winter wheat by belts
as follows: Eastern belt, 1l.3 bushels:
central belt, 1915 bushels: western belt.
1i.5 bushels. This gives from estimates
OF correspondents. q total winter wheat
product for the date rs follows: East
ern belt. Hot 1928 bushels; central belt,
1885, 6S bushels: western belt, 1901
355 bushels. Total product, 60, 125, GAG
bushels.
The average yield per acre for the en-
tire state Is shown To be 1870 bushels.
The yield of spring wheat per acre is
reported as follows: Eastern belt. IA
bushels: central belt, 1871 bushels; west
ern belt, 49, bushels. This gives a to-
tai spring wheat product for the state
as follows: Eastern belt, 75,T1S bushels;
central belt, 206, 142 bushels; western
belt, 2,07I,G6 bushels; total product,
2,444. 12G bushels.
The total winter and spring wheat
product for Kansas this year therefore
is placed by our correspondents ut co.
SOC, 172 bushels and the quality OF the
wheat is reported good. In n limited
area rust is reported doing some dam
age and in y few places chess is re-
ported.
The wheat harvest of Kansas is re-
ported from one TO ten days later than
usual in consequence of the long con-
tinued wet and cold weather during the
spring months; weather conditions,
however, being in the highest degree
favorable since harvesting has begun,
the work has prospered at a rapid rate,
and by the 1st of July more than half
the wheat in the south half of the state
was safe in shock OF stack. With favor.
able weather continuing the wheat
harvest Of Kansas will be well nigh
finished by the 18th Of July.
Corn generally throughout the state
is reported a good stand, but late.
Continued wet weather prevented
planting Mt the usual time and the low
temperature greatly retarded growth.
The warm weather, however, of June
and the cessation Of rains have been
highly beneficial to the corn plant.
Generally throughout the state where
farmers have been diligent in properly
caring for their corn by thorough cult.
walton the outlook for n good crop Is
good, the fields being clean Of weeds
and the plant healthy and growing rap.
idly.
The condition Of oorn for the state
was raised by u correspondent from
60 per cent, the condition reported q
month ago, to 50 per cent July /.
Oats and barley, as reported, have
been reduced considerably in condition
during the month of June by the lacl
Of sufficient rainfall, while flax is re.
ported but little lower. All are report
ed, with some exceptions, short in the
straw, but still n fair yield is expected.
Condition compared with full aver.
age: Corn, 81 per cent; oats, so; bar.
ley, 81: rye, so; broom corn, so; flax,
81; castor beans, so; millct, 20; tame
grasses, 92; prairie grass, 90; sorghum,
81; potatoes, SO; apples, 50; peaches, TO-
grapes, So.
According to the reports Of the CORE.
spondents, the state has not been sc
free from insect depredations as this
year. While the Hcssian fly is reported
in q few counties and chinch bugs arc
mentioned in a few cases, yet no dam.
age TO crops is as yet reported.
Catholic Church Statistics.
WASHINGTON, July s.-According tc
information furnished by the censu.