The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-04-13

CROPS IN KANSAS.
Quarterly Report of secretary Coburn-A
Hopeful View Taken.

Hopeful View Taken.
ToPEKA, Kan, April 9.-The quar-
terly report of Secretary Coburn, of
the state board of agriculture, was is
sued Saturday and is as follows:
In the west and southwest, insu fhcient rain
fall at and after seeding either prevented
termination of much OF the seed sown or so
delayed it that the plants springing up later
failed to develop sufncient root hold, while in
number OF these counties considerable OF
the seed is not yet up Then he refers to the
effect of the cold wave following the spring
ike weather in February and three successive
weeks Of abnormal warmth in March as Sc
eiouS Finally he declares that rain Is badly
needed
The average sown to wheat in the fall OF 1893
IS reported as about -5 per cent OF that OF 1892,
And present indications are that Of this about
IA per cent will be plowed up for other crops.
The repor:S Of correspondents having been
made Immediately following the sudden unex-
pected freeze. were perhaps, Secretary Coburn
suggests, more deeply shaded than close
analysis Of The facts might justify
or the los counties, ninety three report the
present as above s. per cent OF an average
good condition: eight. six counties 10 per cent
Or above. fifty nine counties 81 per cent or
above; hirty-eight counties % per cent or
above and sixteen counties 100 to lie per cent
Deducting the area which correspondents now
1910 900 acres OF wheat and its condition is Is 5
per cent OF a good average In 1892 when
Kansas produced its great wheat crop Of
more than 7J,O00,oOJ bushels, the acreage
was 3,s2 100 and condition March 81 was
as compared with normal or full average
set down at 81 per cent In no instance does a
correspondent allude to the presence OF Hes
sian fly. chinch bug or other insect pest Hav-
ing soil and climate which with the showers
and sunshine OF spring impart to belated or
debili'ated plant growth such revvifying and
Transforming effects they Go in Kansas
there is broad foundation for hopefulness OF a
most generous wheat crop from such a begin
ming is now in sight
The reports on rye indicate an acreage of 75
per cent as compared with one year ago and
Its condition 81 per cent of good crop
The quantity of wheat in the hands of farm
ers, as estimated by themselves, is about 5 S27,
700 bushels, or sis per cent OF the quantity re-
ported BY assessors one year before, and OF
corn 19, 435, 900 bushels, or 81 per cent. Of the
stock on hand a year ago. The quantities Of
each in the different Counties vary widely,
ome possessing none to spare or scarcely suf-
ficient for seed or current needs and otrers
having an abundance and much to spare.
An aggregate OF estimates given in response
to the question, How will the acreage of corn
to be planted this year compare with that Of
1922 indicates that 1t will be l3 10 Is per
cent. greater than that given by assessors in
March Of that year. and from to per
cent greater than the increased acreage later
(amounting to about II per cent additiona },
planted in ground upon which wheat had failed
to make stan1 This years acreage. too, will
be increased in proportion wherever it may be
found later that wheat and oats are not SUM-
cfently improving to justify their occupying The
land where sown.
The season is und ubtedly from ten to twen-
ty days more advanced than usual, yet vegeta-
tion is not forward in the same ratio, owing to
there having been much less than the normal
moisture during March For this latter reas n
too, the oats sown are not in good condition and
1t is altogether probable many oat fields may
yet be planted with corn.