Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-10
CROPS In KANSAS.
Secretary Coburn's Monthly Report an En-
courauluc One.

Secretary Coburn's Monthly Report an En-
couraging one.
TorEKA, Kan, May L-Secrctary
Coburn, Of the state board Of agricult.
ure, issues his crop report which makes
a handsome showing. lie says:
Every day since tho report on crop coudi.
tions of one month aRO has been day OF nota
bic improvement agrlculturally In everY Kan
aas county All parts Of the state bavo been
visited BY gentle rains (many portions from
tree to six or more uucs) which while suf'
ncient 10 put the soil IN the best possible state
fof working. we're not at any timo so hcayy Or
long continued rs 70 delay work AZ
whole tho month has not been warm one ana
ns tho growth Of vegetation has beon OF
steady, health character, II will not be nearly
90 rapid rs would have resulted from a contin-
uouslS higher temperature. II has been
period Of steady y owing a d planting under
weather and soil conditions ua favorable as the
formers Of any region need ever nope ior ana
May, isgL opens up on thom with unusual bright
promise Of bouutifu crops THIS does not Imply
that iu humorous counties much Of the winter
wheat sowu will, because Of the unfaYOrable
fail and wintlr give but q poor return ana Ia
not q few Instances u1ns at all but i' Us a tact
not 10 bo overlooked that the ground where
such wheat has IA lod has been at once avail
aBle In tho boAt possible tlith for the uses Oi
corn or otter desired crops 10 which u Is
ra idly being planted
Winter whoat-Rain and favorlng weather
have caused development most Eralr
fiuz fields that In many counties month
ago were regarded as worthless, now IN.
dlcato a partial crop From scattering stand
OF hoalthy plants great areas pr0Vlu4lt prom.
islny but supposed 70 have been much 10 not
fatally injured BY the freezing weather
following March -, appear rs prncti'
ciilT unhnrmed, aud lhis win hal
not tuspoctcl ot any such damage II
now yariouslg described by corrcspondonis as
good, Tine very good bottcr than average,
looks we'd generally, condition l5l per cont
prospect for big crop extra good. u ucr lhan
Tor several years, splendid, superior, All rishI
ana lost In twenty-five years The coun'
tic. from which the most highly favor
nbls reports come arc Auo7, Andc''
son, Atchison, bourbon, Brown Chase,
Chnutauqua Cherokee, Co1cE Crawford,
Dl. kinsou Doniphnn, DOuRus Ek, Ellis
worth, Franklin GrarY jackson, JEFFERSON,
Jewell Mcpherspn, Johnson, LAh'tte, LeaVen'
worth Linn, L.ngo 10. LION, Marion, Miami
Mitchell Montgomery, Morris, Ncmaha, O5ago,
Osborne. Ottawa, poitawatOmlo, lii.oy,
Saline. SedgwlCk. Shawnee Waubhunsco
Wa hington, Wilson. Wood,on and Wyan'
dutto. w4ilo Clark Greeley, Hamilton, Ness,
orton and wichita report their former poor
prospect vastly impsoy u Chinchhuss arc re-
ported In various locu It.cs bu' IN scarcely
single Instance ns doing nny damage what
oyor No mention "a made Of nnY other Insects
Corn The uniformly favorable weather nnl
soil conditions throughout the entire cOru belt
Of the state arc running nearly OF quito al of
April and have Afforded u season we'll nigh un'
prccedentcd for tho planning and termination
OF corn. Tho.acrcago planted viii undoubtedly
be vorf large.
Fruit-Lato varieties Of apples ns a whole
arc perhaps rs promising Of good crop rs 60
the most favorable Of previous seasons, the iu'
Jury supposed 10 have been wrought by cold IN
March proving but sliyhLcxcopt as TO the early
sorts Tho same description applies TO late
and early cherries Peaches, as noted a month
ago. were dcs iro sod by cold.