The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-07

Report for July OF the aaa.As Beard =
AgrscnIrare

{ &<<t>k1 for July OF the an1n4& R0of0 -
1 AgrscnIrsre-
Topeka. Kan. Aug s.---(Specszll--A
report on me condition OF The crossing
crops July 81. together with estimates
by its correspondents OF the ysesds of
applied 10 acrsag>s OF eaca -est-<nci BY
township Assessors. 81 issued b. .ae
+ Kansas hoard Of agriculture today Tue
figures on yfIelds are . con>cn<ue os
those made by farmers. miiiers ard
( rirssaernen. esch one especially coa1-
SEED 20 make none but safe estf-
mates" The efforts TO ascertain the
I facts as TO wheat hss been evec mrs
team uusGsii- yainstakinx 50 cary In
/ ths season. and e IL believed thu -esosss
CHAINED viii very closely cocrxycnd
with those dove oped later. wa-n naass
&c the thzess-it.s has been done and the
final revision made.
The yield OF winter wheat for tho
state aggregates - -. +<s euStsis. an
sveTaSe % STA bushels per acre On tie
3.lsS.ss3 acres sswn: TIA range b<iag
from practically noch:ng n Eve or six
southwestern counties 70 -. - ara -
bushels n Brown. Nenaha and Wash
/ iHston Counties respectively. A erae-
'scn less then - 2er cent o. the total
product or 9l.SSe. +as bushels. has ben
growr II nifty zine cnunsies. Il each oe
wascn TIE average 10 10 bushels or~rss.e
Fer acre. Tasse counties, sccort,Ex 70
their rark II total product. l>ad11g vita
Sumner. which has :. SSs.s73 ouzsseiA are
Mcpherson. J.726.3fe bushels, Nnr.ca
1.9SS.5ss: Ellsworth. 1.is7.sss: Harvey.
.eeo,f29 Secgwsck s7ISoe. Dickinson.
s9e.sSss Sshne, sc. Sc. Cowicy $50 SO:
Harper. s.i. 10; Browa. SIS. FPS: NoatSom
5 - q So I
5T2S5s: IAhette S57sSs. Reno. 551.l4s:
Ioniphsn. S5e. 90: mitchell. <s7. ssS: Clay.
ii5.e42s Cherokee. 81. 80: Washington.
325.S15, Smith. 3Is.3e0: Osborne. s0s. sd:
Cloud. 2SG. p. NeoShc. 81. so: Crawford,
2s.4sS: AtchkOa. "a lie. ChufaoquA
81. 49i. Isaveawe-th. 9is, sie: sheridan.
=is.ei4: Johnson. S0l. ass. Jewell. ISIS gsS:
GsaTy. lSs.0i@ Nsrn&ha. Iss. <si: Dyuxlxs
ls@.S5e; Butler. l54.sos: Wilson. III ~.
PO;tswCtanie. si.2+e: Franklin ss.sss;
TX. sS.5ji: WAhaecs-e. -. 30. efferso1.
69.I35; Riley ss.sso: Republic s.. SIS: Wy
aRdotte. 6l.755. Cofey. 55.oos: CIlase.
81 SIS; BOURBON. $3.50: Jackson. eo.sls:
Lyon. @e.iss; Mars. is.sI3: Allen. Is. ssss
Shawnee l4.sss: A1sdersosa. 1850: Usage
1883
In quality. fou--afths OF II Is reported
medium or below. while the rs-Isalnd-
er IS rated good and IN a few iz4
stances very good" The better grxdes
are. rs a rule. found IN the localities
having the heavier yields. but not In
Fariaoly. In the western ard south
western counties the poor quality il due
% lack OF sesasonable moisture 10 prop
erly develop the berry, while IN che 9TH
eTs considerable injury was sustained
from sGccession % heavy rains after
The gran was IN shock. In much OF taa
territory Where the crop failed to Yield
The failure IL reported a. not due TO
lack OF rainfall alone. but 20 strange and
unexplained atmospheric co1citsons.
blasting and whithering the plants from
the tops downward before and at uAe
time OF heading. In fields that uer. meat
promising. The estimates Indicate that
- per cent OF the years product viii BE
marketed within the next 50 DAYS and
Tat where the crop has done fairly well
this year TIE acreage FOR next vii NOT
BE- materially diminished TIE quantity
OF wAeat on hand in March, as found
by the assessOgs. va 559. Hseaiddies
oy the assossGrs. vrss 1s73ss3 bushels:
one year before X wra<s s.g72 0s3 easseis.
The land in sDTing wheat - returned
as 1902 acres and Is yield iJ<s.ses
bushels. an average sg bushels pr
acre The quality. ike that 81 winter
wheat. Is not high. ana froui the zane
causes Spring wheat - a mlnor crrp
IN karssas and = but ilttfe soNn outside
the northern counties. In most others.
where reported At al. thea creage -
butn 0miiuaL
Rye - reported as fellows. Acres.
li0.zol; yield. 1.95e. $50 busheis. yield per
acre. ssi bushels. quality. medium.
largest acreage and prodacg in Dsekia-
son and Saline COUNTESS.
With few exceptions BON the Yield
and quality % oats - reported leor,
rust having been the caUze TIE acrs-
ags "a I.4s9,fs7 snd toe yised -. 20 sfT
bushels. or but i5.S3 buzA-is PEI acre.
The largest acreage ard total Drodsics.
s0S So bushels. yAs 81 WssAlaysoa
county. and TIE higneR Yields per acre
n Wyandofte ard Atchison.
IN the corn bcst OF The state and IA
fact. generally. the range q condition
j. unusually hsgh. the average being 81
For the entire acreage. and ~ counti<s
report IL at from 100 90 lfs or thsse
l.. viz: Busier. Chautauqua. Clay. Clossd
Cowsey. Fix. Geary. LAb@tte. MarNoall.
Morris. Nem~hA ard WashlnEton. re-
port 10. or above. The p~.~rnf cordi-
lioa FOR ire state az a waolr IL an a.
vance OF Z points over tie promising
outlook reported Nay =. when bat -
counties represented a condition % Loo
r. above Most - Ire 10 days prior 20
.his writing CAususT 80 have oonEti-
.uted a period % ia:eEzely not. drying
xeztshr. with bat little rainfall On corn
.@--.,ory. EXCEPT "a So--0n. Phiiiips.
smith. Jewel. Republic. Washlnxton.
Marshall and Mitchell counties. II the
southern hals q the STATE most * ths
AIRY planted corn - fairy past Do@zsbt-
..ffr.ro kyss Ia rn1ycn % the Other half
he ral.s NEEDED az ouc- 60 insure sny
.es4xl4e-abi~ yiefd % merchandise eora
I'll De rsost suxiousiy watched Tor.
Farley fs,1Ires ere - foitows- Acre~s
= J,2. yfesd. al .0s3 bushels. stsld or
ere. 4 = ba<heEa- The izrx-rt pru1set
5 s95 BUSHES. - q Ea~s4ns county
srahanl aud Meas have also nzsre tran
. 90 bushes ezc1- 4.
Fer far TIE foiI3szzz ez.iu1ass -
made.
Ec-~~. - e<I: Tfeif. f.sz9iz7 h1xh~1-.
lid per acre : - bushels. TsP o-sr-
le-s have more tran i go acres Ah~n
ezIng with 1873 &crs-s ard pro<2ct
Z less baah~ss Ans3~rpon. PAX and
.-Fs1a also care more than 100 80 bosn~
e.
TIE average xseif % tirso:hy hay -
- tozs pr acre. eigTxr. Is9 tDoa.
-rairs- bay. Ilo tons
Tss cpr1stson % other crop. - az fsf-
rs. E-oorr-corr. a. castor b~sns. -.
over. -. ts1othy. -. siszIss. g.. D.s-
ares. -. zcrxa1-n- 81: Tr1sh pryzszs,~s.
,: ss-.es poszso<s 60 rFsl-t. "a. Ksnr-
orr -. ussio rzzalze rice corn o. J~Tzs-
arr cora s.. sgSlss. -. gr.ksE. -;
@ssa~s. ~
FoEEisx asEEsTs