The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-09-15
CORN DECLINE.
Cnsatisfactory Report of the Kansa
Board of Agriculture.


OnsatisfActory Report of the Kansas
Board of Agriculture.
TOPEKA, Kan, Sept S.-The state
board of agriculture's crop report for
September says: From reports of cor
respondents of this board, numbering
about 600, and representing every
eotntt in the state, the following facts
with reference to agricultural condf
ton, etc, in Kansas on August 81 are
derived:
Of failure OF wheat over that reported by tho
assessors Is given as follows: In eastern belt,
per cent: in central belt, % per cent; In west
ern belt, % per cent This il equivalent to l5S
Per cent on the entire area reported by asses
sors, or 762, s7i acres, making total area
planted to corn this year Of q, 81. 067 acret.
Condition OF corn Is reported IS follows!
Eastern belt s2 per cent. q loss OF 10 points
since last report August 1; central belt % per
cent, loss Of points IN the same time. In
the Western belt but little corn Is grown ana
outside Of the northern tier Of counties there Is
practically none. The average Condition Of the
eastern and central belts or for the ootn area
Of the state Is 6S per cent, q loss OF 10 points
TOR the state during the month The decline In
condition Of corn in the eastern belt is chiefly
In the south half and largely IN the northern and
southeastern counties. Cowley, Elk and Craw-
ord are among those lowest in condition In the
north half Of the belt Brown, Doniphan, Atchi-
son. Jackson, Leavenworth and Nemaha coun-
ties report conditions above full average. In
the central belt about the same conditions pre-.
vail as in the eastern The best corn Is in tho
north half Of the belt and the lowest condition
Is in the south half There are, however, coun-
ties In all sections Of the belt which report very
low condition. notably Cloud and Republic in
the north. Further south, Dickinson, McPher-
son and Rice, and still further south all the
counties report very low condition.
The cause Of this heavy decline in condition
Of corn as reported is dry weather and chinch
bugs during the first two or three weeks of
August Some counties report no rain OF any
consequence during August others none until
the last week. Rains generally in the central
belt and in the south half of eastern were local,
SO that in many COUNTIES good corn is re-
ported in some portions while in other portions
Of the same county the crop is an utter failure.
Chinch bugs are reported doing serious damage
wherever rainfall was light and especially on
cornfields adjacent to wheat and on wheat
ground planted to corn.
Further yields Of wheat reported by the
threshers are given by our correspondents and
those reports indicate a still lower yield than
that which was reported month ago These
yields indicate total wheat product for the
state Of about 10 ,0O), 900 bushels.
The yield OF oats as reported by threshers
show an average yield per acre OF eastern belt
about the same as that reported month ago,
twenty-three bushels. In the central belt the
yields reported indicate average yield per
acre Of nine bushels, being less by three bushels
than the yields indicated month ago. The
total oats product OF the state will probably be
, about &c, 100 900 bushels.
Barley and fax also indicate somewhat lower
yields than were reported a month ago.
Potatoes also have suffered from the unfavor.
able conditions of August, the condition for the
state being So per cent instead OF 20 as reported
| . month ago.
Sorghum, all varieties broom corn and alfal.
IA have all practically main tanned their condi.
ton reported a month ago
The condition of broom corn is 70 per cent,
tame grasses "a, alfalfa a. prairie grass ~,
| sorghum r. potatoes So, millet H. apples 3D.
| peaches 30, grapes 40
| While conditions in a large portion OF the
| state have been in a high degree unfavorabe to
| corn. potatoes, etc, the forage crops of west
| ern Kansas have maintained condition which
| promises an abundance Of stock feed in most
| counties of that section of the state.