Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-10
Crops IN KANSAS.
Secretary Cobura,s Monthly Report an En-
couraging One

secretary CODurR,S Monthly Report En-
couraging One
TOPEKA. Kan, May 7.-Secretary
Coburn, of the state board of agricult-
ure. issues his crop report which makes
a handsome showing. He says:
Every day since the report on crop condi-
tons Of one month ago has been day of nota-
bic Improvement agricuiturally in every Kan
sas county. All parts of the state have been
visited by gentle rains (many portions from
three TO six more times) which while suit
hcient to put The soil in the best possible state
Tor working. were not at any time so heavy CT
long continued to delay work as
whole the month has not been s warm one, and
as the growth Of vegetation has been OF
steady, healthy character, it will not be nearly
SO rapid as would have resulted from contin
uousiV higher temperature It has been
period OF steady p,owing aud planting under
weather. and soil conditions as favorable as the
farmers of any region need ever hope for. and
May, 1884. opens up on them with unusual bright
promise OF bountiful crops This does not imply
that in numerous counties much of the winter
wheat sown WILL because OF the unfaVoraRle
fall and winter. give but poor return and in
not few instances none at all but il is a IA
not to be overlooked that the ground where
such wheat has failed, has been at once avail
able in the best possible tilth for the uses OF
corn or other desired crops TO which it Is
rapidly being planted
Winter wheat-Rain and favoring weather.
have caused q development most graft
flying fields that in many counties monty
dictate partial crop From a scattering stand
of healthy plants great areas previously prom
Using. but supposed to have been much If mol
fatally injured by the freezing weather
following March 20. appear pract1
cally unharmed, and this with thai
not suspected of any such damage H
now variouslT described by correspondents ~
good, fine. very good, better than average
looks well generally, condition $50 per cent,
prospect for big crop extra good better than
for several years, splendid, superior. all right
and best in twenty-five years" The eouEr
able reports come are Allen, Ande--
son, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown. Chase,
Chautauqua Cherokee, Coney, Crawford.
Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas, Elk, ELS
worth, Franklin, Geary, jackson. Jefferson,
Jewell, Mcpherson. johnson, Labette, Leaven-
Mitchell, Montgomery, Morris, Nemaha, Usage,
Osborne, Ottawa, Pottawatomie, Riley,
Saline, Sedgwick, Shawnee, Waubaunsee,
Washington, Wilson. Woodson and Wyan-
Gotte, while Clark Greeley, Hamilton, Ness.
Norton and Wichita report their former poor
ported in various localities, but in scarcely
single instance as doing any damage what
ever. No mention is made OF any other insects
Corn-The uniformly favorable weather and
soil conditions throughout the entire corn belt
of the state are running nearly or quite all Of
April and have afforded season well nigh I'M
precedented for the planting and termination
of corn. The acreage planted will undoub tedly
be very large.
Fruit-Late varieties of apples whole
are perhaps promising of a good crop as in
the most favorable of previous seasons, the in
jury supposed TO have been wrought by cold in
March proving but slight except to the early
sorts. The same description applies to late
and early cherries Peaches, Is noted a month
ago, were DESTROYED by cold