The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-09-21
KANSAS CROPS.
Winter Wheat Acreage and Yield-Sprsng
Wheat a Failure-Other Crops.

Winter Wheat Acreage and Yield-Sprtng
Wheat a Failure-Other Crops.
TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. 1a-Secretary
Coburn, of the agricultural depart
ment, in his report for August, says:
Owing to the disappointing season with ref
erence to nearly all crops, and the widespread
desire for q conservative statement OF actual
conditions and results. especial pains have
been taken to discover in every part OF the
state what they were, and the following Is
careful digest and condensation of the varied
returns made by those on the ground The
acreage planted, as given for each crop, Is tnat
shown by returns Of assessors:
The area sown to winter wheat was 4.od5.dH
acres OF this 26So. .437 acres or 5T.S per cent
was harvested, making %, ,656 bushels, or
yield OF COZ bushels per acre on the total sown,
or 1880 on the acreage actually harvested
This is 1881 242 bushels or 33 per cent greater
than the crop OF 1893. and within trifilng
fraction OF the estimates made by this DEPART
ment in its June report which indicated 2S.-
10000 bushels on 2,66j.67l acres likely to be
harvested. or 1862 bushels per acre. Nearly
all the counties of largest production rate the
quality as medium" good" and very good"
the latter predominating. Many counties
have, Of course, practically none, even for seed,
while others have goodly surplus.
Spring wheat has been failure generally:
returns from the counties where 1t is grown
point out that the entire crop will scarcely be
more than 10000 bushels-perhaps from II to 10
per cent. of the seed sown
OF rye the acreage was 13l13i, and the yield
91S,6)S bushels, or an average OF 7.3 bushels OF
quality fairly good.
The severely dry weather prevailing over the
larger portion OF the state during July and
August proved the previous promising outlook
very deceptive, not alone as to corn, but all
other crops For the present report corre-
nrrr
probabilities on the basis OF reasonably IA
vorable September weather" and the outcome
Of their statements foretells that Of the 6.4O4-
705 acres planted, 20l6.S49 will produce Al ,Sl9-
300 bushels Of marketable corn, or 20.'3 bushels
per acre. The average yield per acre Of mar
ketable corn on the entire area planted Is but
6.52 bushels. This does not include the vast
quantity Of that which is not strictly mer-
chantable yet OF much value and available for
feeding purposes. OF the standing corn it is es-
timsted that 3. 3.3S29 92l acres, or 52.S2 per cent.
will be cut for its fodder.
The area sown to oats was I, ,427. .44i; the total
harvested S57.7i4. or 90 per cent. Total product,
Is, ,3S5 9i9 bushels, or .43 bushels per acre on
the area harvested and 12.ss bushels on the
area sown. In quality the grain Is reported as
considerably better than was believed before
harvest-mostly medium to very good
Acres of barley sown, Ill 800: yield ~, 1893
bushels; average per acre, 64S bushels and
quality good.
Flax occupied 12I ,542 acres and yielded 10i3.-
4lS bushels, or 81 bushels per acre. The in
crease in acreage over the previous year was
%, ,17S acres, 81 per cent; in product PSI O09
bushels or 36.S5 per cent.
Hay is short crop. The yields, averaging
them in those counties where produced, will be
for timothy about three-fourthS ton per acre;
clover, one ton. and OF prairie hay one-half ton
The condition of other crops as compared
with what would be regarded full average
and rated at 10) shown in percentages as fol-
lows: Broom corn. 81; castor beans. GO: clover,
81; timothy, 40; alfalfa. G.: pastures, %; sor-
ghum, So: Irish potatoes 30; sweet potatoes. 4S;
millet, 81; Kaffir corn, SO: milo maize, rice corn
or Jerusalem corn, 81; apples, 5j; grapes, 5S.