Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-07-14
KANSAS CROPS
A Very Favorable Statement From Secre
tary Mohier-The. Wheat Yield VIII Ex
coed Sixty-two Million Bushels

A Very Favorable Statement From secre-
tary Mohier-The. Wheat Yield VIII Ex-
coed Sixty-two Million Bushels
TOPEKA, Kan, July 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 in 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 suns 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 ex-
| 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, 1913 bushels;
central belt, 1915 bushels; western belt,
i 14.5 bushels This gives from estimates
F.. of correspondents, total winter wheat
i product for the date as follows: East
ern belt, II, OFT ,62S bushels; central belt,
41,956, 06s bushels; western belt, 1901
355 bushels. Total product, 90, 125, 046
! bushels.
| The average yield per acre for the en-
tire state is shown to be 1919 bushels
The yield of spring wheat per acre is
reported as follows: Eastern belt, Il 4
bushels; central belt, 1877 bushels; west
ern belt, 1874 bushels. This gives to-
! tai spring wheat product for the state
as follows: Eastern belt, 5,71S bushels;
central belt, $685. TAP bushels; western
| belt, 2,071, 656 bushels; total product
, ?, 444, 126 bushels
The total winter and spring wheat
! product for Kansas this year therefore
is placed by our correspondents at Co.
| 592, 172 bushels and the quality of the
wheat is reported good In a limited
area rust is reported doing some dam
| age and in a 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 or 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 good stand, but late
Continued wet weather prevented
planting at 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 a good crop is
| good, the fields being clean of weeds
and the plant healthy and growing rap
idly.
The condition of corn for the state
was raised by our correspondent from
60 per cent, the condition reported a
month ago, to 50 per cent July I.
Oats and barley, as reported, have
| been reduced considerably in condition
during the month of June by the lack
of sufficient rainfall, while fax is re-
ported but little lower. All are report
ed, with some exceptions, short in the
straw, but still fair yield is expected.
Condition compared with full aver
age: Corn, 81 per cent; oats, so; bar
ley, 81; rye, so; broom corn, so; fax.
81; castor beans, so; millet, 20; tame
grasses, %; prairie grass, 90: sorghum,
81; potatoes, So; apples, 35; peaches, 10;
grapes, SIS.
According to the reports of the CORE
spondents, the state has not been sc
free from insect depredations as this
year. While the Hessian fly is reported
in a few counties and chinch bugs are
mentioned in a few cases, yes no dam
age to crops is as yet reported