The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-06-17
KANSAS cRoPa-

An omciaI Report Of the Ur zun Paeiaa
Railway shows a satiEfaotory Coldl-
dion
KAEsAs CITY, kan. June 1s.-An elz-
Laustive report Of crop conditions in ev-
cry county of Kansas has been prepared
by lIr Clinton Franklin, Of the Union
Pacific railway, and in the procurement
of che data he employed the services of
several hundred thoroughly competent
correspondents whose work is wholly
she result OF personal Investigations
undertaken for the sole purpose OF pre-
scutiug an absolutely accurate state
meut Of existing conditions
The tabUlatsd statement shows
notable increase in acreage. I'm 1891
the acreage under cultivation was H.
5IZ,TTL acres and this year the total has
risen TO Is, O55. no acres
The increase is especially remaglza BILE
an the western part of the state There
crop conditions are Extraordinarily
good, the snow having remained on the
ground during the winter aud the
. spring season having been wet
In the central part OF the state the
crop prospects are also very good but
. in the eastern and southeastern sections
they do not appear to be mp to the av-
erage-
On the basis of existing conditions,
[ Kansas VIII this year raise nearly @, OO0s-
[ 600 bushels more wheat than it did in
.
I s. 5S2, 005 acres of last year is increased
/ by about JO9,OO acres, aud tho iudica-
I lions are that ., 201,OOJ more bushels OF
| winter wheat VIII be raised. The yield
/ of winter wheat last year was Sc, 1TO, 654
] bushels
/ The acreage of spring wheat has
I doubled. In 1891 it was 15i, 022 ucress
/ this year it is Sol, COS. The estimate of
/ the yield is 4, s2T, 1GS bushels, s. against
/ 2,3T9. g54 for 1891.
/ The acreage devoted to corn has been
] Increased by 2s5, eco acres, but the esti-
mate as to the yield is not put forward
. with the same certainty which attaches
. to the other estimates So ma ly condl-
] tions may intervene that the estimate
. is to be accepted only as a forecast
/ based on factors now existing
The crop is generally bIclrV ard and
. the probable yield may be deCl ased by
. hot winds later on or it NIFTY be i'm
I creased by the continuance of favorable
( conditions On the present basis the
. yield will very nearly approach that OF
| 1891 Then it reached the enormous to-
tai of 1875, 1858, 09l bushels. The estimate
I places the yield Tor 1892 at 49, a47s 725
bushels
There will be an increase of over
/ 8, 1000, 600 bushels in the yield of oats
The acreage has been increased by 26.,-
/ 900 acres Last year the yield was 80,
I 0O4 H43 bushels, and the present condi-
/ lions indicate that the yield this year
will be 48, 0G1, 100 bushels
A greatly decreased acreage was
sown in rye this year, the statement
showing a reduction of $4,000 acres.
The decrease in yield is estimated at
s25, 600 bushels Last year Kansas har-
vested 5, 443, O8O bushels
Barley shows a largely increased
acreage, but a somewhat diminished
yield Very nearly three times more
ground was sovu to barley than ia
1891, and yet the crop viii fall short Of
that of last year by over 55, 600 bushels.
Then SO, 4S4 acres were sOyyu and yield
cd 1, COG, $50 bushels this year but 0fT,-
SOS bushels are to be expected from
lis. 42L acres
Very nearly the same absolute de
crease is indicated in the lax crop, but
the decrease disappears when acreaE es
are taken into comparison. In 1881
8gs, 1S5 acres yielded 1850, O55 Jushel.
of flax 1t is estimated that the 824, 81:
acres sown to fax this year viii yield
1,04T6T2 bush els