The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-15
ENORMOUS EXCEPT IN SPOTS.
That is the OfficiaI Report in Regard q
Oklahoma's Corn Crop.

Oklahoma City, o. T.. Aug. 14.-(Spec
ial)-Following is the report on the
eather and condition Of crops of Okla
homa for the week ending Aug. Is:
The normal temperature for the first
week in August is so degrees; the aver
age during the past seven days was
ISL. 19 degrees below normal.
The normal rainfall is 10 of an inch,
the total this week was 1.45. .73 above
normal. The days have all been hot,
the maximum temperature above 81
and the nights cool. The sunshine has
been above normal.
Until Friday night the weather was
excessively hot and dry and late corn
suffered severely. The most damage
is reported from Yukon, Oklahoma
county. west through Blaine county
and from Canadian county on the
south clear to the Kansas line. The
greatest damage is reported by Mr.
Oaks of Kingfisher, Kingfisher county,
who says: Everything dried up in this
county, people are cutting off corn for
fodder, it will not make one buShel per
acre. Prospects good for general
famine and people will have to leave
here or starve. Chinch bugs are de-
stroying all the broom corn, kafflr corn
etc" The hot weather appears TO
have effeoted Kingfisher more than
reports relative to corn state that the
hot weather of the early and middle
parts of the week fired the late plant
ing over a greater portion of the CEN
trail and northern sections, but as the
hot weather was immedia tely followed
by q general and abundant rain on the
morning of the 10th, an another on the
morning Of the 18th, the Ill effects OF the
heat will be greatly modified and the
III n q
been had the dry weather continued.
The trouble seems to have arisen not
from hot winds, for there were none.
but from the fact that the late planted
corn was followed by heavy rains all
through July which brought it up i'm
mediately and gave ii such rapid
growth in so short a time made it SO
tender that it could not Withstand the
hot and dry weather during the first
ten days of August. In spite OF TINS,
however, the general expressions of our
correspondents is that with the eXcep-
ton of the western part of Oklahoma
county, throughout Kingfisher and
portions of the counties in the central
northern sections the yield will still be
enormous. Farmers in Oklahoma coun-
ty alone think the Yield will be up
wards of SOC. 600 bushels. 1t is unusu-
ally good around Dale, the eastern.
southern and greater portion or the
western. central and northern sections.
Complaints are very general about
the cotton crop, it has not done well
this week on account of boil worms and
sharpshooters which are doing much
damage. Chinch bugs are also re-
ported in greater abundance than at
any time during the season.
Grain is being put on the market in
the southern and eastern sections, but
is of poor quality, being damaged by the
heavy rains of July.
Kaffir corn, cane and broom corn
have done we'll and are alright.
Late peaches and melons in abund-
ance.
The late rains have put the soil in ex-
cellent condition for fall blowing and
the work is now being rapidly pushed
forward.
Owing to the failure of the wheat
crop most of the farmers through the
central and northern sections are with
out seed wheat and unless they can
secure it at reasonable rates the acre
age sown this year will be much less
than last year.
Grass is generally good and stock are
fat. Considerable hay is being made,
d very fair crop.
The rains on the mornings of the 10th
and 18th were very general over both
territories, the average was from LIS
to 200 inches.
A high wind go miles per hour i'm
mediately preceded the rain OF Satur-
day morning, throwing down corn and
blowing a few apples from the trees.
The broom corn harvest is under head
way. Raising broom corn in Oklaho-
ma is somewhat in the nature of an eX-
pertinent and the success attained
this year indicates that in the future
it viii rank as one of the staple crops.
JAS. /. WIDMEY Err,
Director. Oklahoma Weather Bureau.