The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-05-10
HE FIRsT CROP REPORT.

Winter Wheat Nearly All Gons-Other
Crops In Good Condition.
The Kansas board of agriculture is
sued Monday its first crop report of
the season, being a careful digest of
statements made by a corpse of conser-
Vative and closely obseryant CORE
spondents in every county of the state,
as to conditions on April 30. In the
concrete this shows as follows:
Winter wheat-The average sown last
fall is estimated as having been 1864
1877 acres or about II per cent less than
that sown the preceding year.
By unfavorable weather conditions
So per cent of this, Or 2,154, 600 acres,
have been rendered practically worth
less, and at least At per cent of the
whole will be planted in other crops.
especially corn, and the sorghums-
largely for forage and grain. The only
counties venturing to report winter
wheat as in good" or fair condition
are Atchison, Brown, Dickinson, Doug
las, Franklin, Johnson, Linn, Marshall,
Miami and Nehama, and even in some
Of these it is evident such conditions
are found only in limited districts.
All reports indicate that it is the
"haFd" wheats, commonly designated
as Turkey" or Russian" which best
withstand the Vicissitudes of Kansas
winters, whether too cold, too wet. or
too dry. Chinch bugs are reported in
many counties in the eastern third of
the state, and likely to do much dam
age unless checked by wet weather.
Kansas expects little from her wheat
crop of 1895.
Spring wheat-The land in spring
wheat is put at 132,150 acres, or 20 per
cent less than one year ago, and the
present average conditions is given as
10 per cent. Counties reporting the
condition as 'gOOd" or 400" are Mar
shall, Phillips Norton, Rocks, Rush,
Sherman and Thomas, with rather the
best reports from Rocks.
COrn-The area which will be de
voted to corn Is put down as from IS to
/ 20 per cent more than in 1894, approx
mating an increase of ], 100000 acres, or
a total of 7,655.000 acres. The most of
this has been planted in good season:
III many localities it is well up.
being cultivated and very promising.
while in other sections lack of moist
ure has retarded termination and
growth, which recent rains will now
greatly expedite.
Oats-The acreage sOwn TO oats
! shows an increase of fully II per cent,
or 10, 0l8 acres over last year: a total
Of 1,5S5,0O0 acres. The condition as
compared with full average is SO per
cent.
! Rye-The area seeded to rye in 1894
was l31,13 acres. The estimate for
| 1893 Is l66,540 acres, an increase of 81
per cent. Condition 20 per cent.
| SOrghums interest in the sor-
ghums for forage and grain is a rapid
! ly growing one in Kansas. and the in
crease of acreage to be given up to
them the present year is reported at
not less than % per cent.
| Grasses-Gras5es generally are more
forward this season than common. and
afording early pasturage; yet. as will
other grOwths, lack of seas0nabIe rain.
fall has up to this time checked the
grasses materially.
t Fruit-The prospect for a large croU
Of apples, peaches and cherries canld
not be better. Vines Of the grapes. and
n canes OF biaekbprriae and racnI,axr.7s.e
have been damaged by winter in a few
sections, but plentiful yield Of fruit
IS expected. Considerable planting Of
! / fruit trees in many localities.
General rains The foregoing is all
, based upon conditions existent on q
Immediately prior to April 50, but it is
proper to say that since then rains
, the most o0pious IN many months
{ have fallen, and are stiu falling ovei
I extensive areas III Kansas, and these Il
2 continued. OF course, pTes8ge one o
Kansas great crop seasons.