The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-06-29

seeing visions of big corn trains. Re-
norris from agents and train men show
ed that it had rained pretty much all
over the southern division of that road
though some of them report that the
rain nd only extended six miles into
the strip.
From Newton and Florence south
were good rains and they reported fine
rains the entire length of the wichita
and Western road and that the corn
crop along that road bid fair to beat
all former records.
There is not perhaps a farmer in the
state of Kansas who takes more inter-
est in the corn crop now growing than
the railroad men. \ big corn crop
means bread and meat TO them. Some
of these railroad men say that there
was never such an creage OF corn N
southern Kansas and that present in
iications point to an immense yield.
These men point out that Ohio and
some of the eastern states will need
Kansas corn this year and that If the
growing corn makes what IL now prom
Uses that fat cattle and hogs fed from
this crop will continue to come TO the
railroads for the next two years.
DIR. JOHNSON GETS HIS BOOK
A reporter for the Eagle called at the
signal office last evening and asked DIR.
Johnson what he knew about the rain.
That is just what he does know a great
deal about and he smiled and opened a
drawer and took out big book and be
gan TO talk about the rain. He said
at = o'clock n. m, II had rined just one
half inch here at Wichita; eight-tenths
at Dodge City. one-third Of an inch at
Denver and nine-tenths Of an inch all
over the western part Of wyoming. At
Z O'Clock a Omaha over one-half inch
of water had fallen and il was stu
%
the same time $500 inch had fallen at
Oklahoma City and il was still raining
there: 14-100 of an inch of rain fell in the
Panhandle and eS-1Go Of an inch at
Alkaline in central Texas.
DR.. johnson predicted that we would
have more rain last night which was
fulfilled and that we would have clear
ing weather today. He has some ideas
OF his own about the corn crop which
he proceeded 10 state.
He then went on - explain that there
was a certain amount Of rainfall each
year and that the variation was small
from one year II another. He then
made the startling statement that not
withstanding our great prospective
corn crop the rainfall in this section
since January l. is seven inches less
than normal At this time last year
the rainfall was 9s-100 inch less than
normal but that was made M before the
end OF the year and Is inch over nor
NAL.
Then D.. johnson explained why he
thought we were going n have 2 big
corn crop this year. He said the grow
ing corn had made a wonderful growth
with all this shortage in the rainfall
and that we may reasonably expect this
seven inches shortage of rainfall 20 b
regainei during the year hut. tt7t -
we only gained one hals the shortage
I enough must alnos; certainly come
within the time - mature corn
This IS new idea in the calculation
~ a corn crop. hut Or Johnson x very
sanguine that we viii Get the rain and
the corn as well. r his theory Is coz
rect. and he has record % years which
substsntiateS his theory then between
nox and the beginning of re next year
we must have the usual a-ugut - ain
for that time and sever i1ches addition
al L would Ssa-a almost impossible
that all - that food ~ water could -
withheld until too late 70 mature the
growing corn crop.