The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-31
HOW ABOUT THE CORN.
Largely Destroyed in the Western
Part of the State,
BUT GOOD IN THE EASTERN
The Hot Winds DID Very Great DAM
age as Far East as saline County
seed Rains I'm the Eastern Tier.

The Ho9 Winds did Very Great DAM
age as Far East as saline County
GaoOd Rains In the Eastern Tier.
The reports received in Topeka during
the last few days from unofficial though
reliable sources all agree that the dry,
hot winds which have been blowing over
Kansas for week have worked great
damage to the growing crops, and in
most OF the extreme western counties,
and even as far east as saline county,
everything is said to be s'burnt up"
Railroad Commissioners w. D. Vincent,
who came down from his home at Clay
Centre last night, says: Everything is
as dry as powder in Clay county, and
although we still have some late corn
which is not burnt up. it will soon go II
We don't have rain. The early corn is
all gone"
Railroad Commissioner John Hall,
who made a trip west over the Union
Pacific last week, says the farmers are
cutting their corn up for fodder as far
east as Wamego
Mr.. Charles s. Martin of the RepubIi-
can state central committee Office force,
who came in last evening from Salina,
says everything in the way Of crops is
burnt up in Saline county, and the out
look 10 the worst that county has ever
seen.
w. L. Brown of Kingman, secretary Of
the state senate, says upland corn in
kingman county is badly burned, and
will not make over half crop, while
botto N corn is yet all right
Travellers from farther west say tn at
everything is completely burned up
from Stafford county west although there
are spots even in the western portion Of
the state where local rains have bright
ened up the prospects very materially.
The eastern part Of the state particu-
of
were visited with good rains Sunday and
as usual u good corn crop will be raised
in eastern Kansas.
Secretary Coburn of the state board of
agrlcultnnsf who will IN few days IS
sue his crop report for July. said to
STATE JapRNAL reporter this morning:
1T would certainly be very ignorant
or very dishonest person who claimed
that the recent extremely warm and
drying weather had not worked Sc
riOus injury to growing corn over a very
considerable portion of Kansas; in fact
there are many localities whore the crop
must be practically failure. On the
other hand there is much territory where
the conditions have been favorable every
day of the season, and there the crop
promises all that could be desired Kan
sas can be counted on for many millions
of bushels, and of course the distribution
as TO yield will be very unequal; some
counties are likely to have generous
surplus, and others fear almost none.
stVarious of the best corn counties had
not suffered materially before and on
Saturday night and Sunday they had
rains sufficient to insure the crop. It is
Characteristic Of our people TO make
extreme estimates. Those who raised
wheel are almost invariably threahing
out heavier yield and of better quail
fty than they dared hope for six weeks
ago and I anticipate many counties
where corn has been and is reported as
sail burned up" will yet be boasting of
their good crop"