Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-07-16
KANSAS CROPS.
4 Very Favorable Statement From seero-
tary Mohler-Th wheat Yield VIII Ex-
ecnd SlxtH-fXXo Million nuahels.


eced Sixty-swo Million Bushels.
TOPEKA, Kan, July 5--Secretary
Mohlcr, 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-
pccted 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
Us follows: Eastern belt, 1913 bushels;
central belt, 1915 bushels; western belt,
14.5 bushels. This gives from estimates
of correspondents, total winter wheat
product for the date as follows: East
ern belt, II, or 1928 bushels; central belt,
Al, 056, 068 bushels; western belt, 7,091,-
S55 bushels. Total product, 90, 125,046
bushels.
The average yield per acre for the en-
tire state is shown to be 1879 bushels.
The yield of spring wheat per acre is
reported as follows: Eastern belt, ia
bushels; central belt, 1877 bushels; west
ern belt, 1874 bushels This gives to-
tai spring wheat product for the state
as follows: Eastern belt, 1918 bushels;
central belt, 2o6,749 bushels; western
belt, 2,071, $3.50 bushels; total product,
2, 444, 1o8 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 a limited
area rust is reported doing some dam
age and in 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 Mt rapid rate,
and by the LIST 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 culti-
walton the outlook for 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
SO per cent, the condition reported
month ago, to so per cent July1.
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 a fair yield is expected.
Condition compared with full aver
age: Corn, 81 per cent; oats, so; bar
ley, 81; rye, 90; broom corn, so; flax,
81; castor beans, so; millct, 20; tame
grasses, 90; prairie grass, 90; sorghum,
81; potatoes, SO; apples, S5; peaches, 10;
grapes, IS.
According to the reports of the CORE
spondents, the state has not been SO
free from insect depredations as this
year. While the Hessian fly is reported
in few counties and chinch bugs are
mentioned in a few cases, yet no dam
age to crops is as yet reported.