Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-05-13
KANSAS WHEAT.
Secretary Mothers Monthly Report Shows
That tho Wheat Crop Will be Very

That the Wheat Crop Will be Very
Short.
TOPEKA, Kan, May T.-Secrctary
Mohler. ot the state board of agricult-
urc, has issued his report for April Us
follows:
The uniavorable weather conditions which
existed month ago In nearly all portions OF
the state and greatly retarded the growth OF all
kinds OF vegetation have been continued during
the month OF April The rainfall throughout
tho state, with the exceptions Of some eastern
and southeastern counties, was very light The
winds were high and disastrous, and the tenn
perature was unusually low All these condi'
tions were in high degree unfavorable TO plant
life, and the result Is that wheat has been re-
duccd In condition very greatly during tho
month, and the acreage which will be plowed
up Is largely increased over that reported
month ago.
A careful compilation OF the reports from 900
correspondents of the board, representing
every county In the state, reveals the following
as the condition OF wheat in Kansas on the last
day OF April:
The eastern belt-North half (2i counties):
number OF acres wheat sown, 400,4 percent.
age OF area lost. 40 per cont; condition OF bal.
ance CO., $40 acres), 10 per cent South half ~
counties): number OF acres sown, 3s5,0 s2; loss
1914 per cent; con dition OF balance Isl, FL
acres), SO per cent
The central belt-North half, as counties)
number Of acres sown, Oh, 335: lost, 81 per
cent; condition OF balance G72,8i6 acres). 53
per cent South half "a countless: humber OF
acres sown, 1915. IT'S; lost 265 per cent; condi.
ton OF balance Il ,oS9, s93 acres). O3 per cent.
The western belt-North half Q5 counties)
Number OF acres sown, 81. $40: lost Is per
cent: condition OF balance 76, ID acrcs), 33 per
cent. South half Q6 counties): Number OF
acres sown, 2I0,6.3 lost, 5S5 per cent; condt.
tion Of balance, 81 per cent
Total area sown to wheat In the state last
fall. 1914 75j acres; total area lost 40 per cent,
or 1870, $50 acres; condition OF balance OF area
In the state q, 327, 002 acres) which our corre-
spondents believed on the last day Of April
would be worth harvesting, 6i per cent, being
equivalent to u condition for the entire area
sown to wheat In the state OF IS per cnt
The best conditions are In southeastern Kan.
sas II will be observed that the WHEAT In tho
north half of the state Is In o worse condition
than that in the south half. In the eastern belt
the percentage OF area lost ranges from In
Bourbon and Chautauqua counties IN the south
ern TO % per cent. In Brown and uontphan
counties In the north the wheat being frozen
out In these and other northern counties
farther west In the central belt the
lObS OF area ranges from per CsHI III
Marion to IS per cent in Russell md Rush
counties. In tho western belt the loss In area
ranges from 90 to 100 per cent with thu major.
ity OF the counties above 30. Corresr onden,s
say that the vitality remaining in whc at the
time OF reporting will continue to griw less I'M
til weather conditions change for the In tier
Spring wheat area reported In the STATE, COM
pared with that OF year ago, So per neit Con.
diton for the state, 90 per cent
Oats-Correspondents report area Town to
oats last spring as follows: Eastern belt, com.
pared with area sown last year, lOS pcr cent;
central belt, 95 per cent: western ielt, 81 per
cent: for the state lD0 per cent In conse.
quence OF bad weather conditions ihN plant, ex.
cept In some eastern counties, Is In low condi.
ton, being reported for the state ut 0' per cent
Corn-Corn planting has been in progr ess
throughout all portions OF the stat. In tho
southern counties corn was reported nearly all
planted on the last OF April: in the. central
counties about half. aud in the nor fern coun.
ties but ll.t,e planted. Weather con iitions DO.
ing unfavorable, its termination az growth
have been very slow.
Fruit-Peaches outside OF some southern
counties are reported for the most pr serious
~ damaged throughout the state and b u light
crop is expected. Apples and cherries are re-
ported damaged TO some extent, but there are
still some prospects for fair crop Of each
There are some chinch bugs reporSd. but no
damage done because OF cold weather. The
season Is very backward and conditions arc un
promising nj the date OF this report