The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-01
BEATS THE WORLD
KAY C0UNTY'S PROSPECT FOR A
MIGHTY WHEAT CROP.
Without Disparaging Her Ne'ghbors by
Drawing Comparisons, an Expert Sta
tistician Figures mp the Wheat Area and
Yield of Kay County, and Points Out the
Shipping Point-Forty-F Five Bushels to
the Acre In Some Cases and Total OF
Six Millions, is the Estimate.

Ponca City, o. T, May 31.-To the
Editor Of the Eagle: Your corresPon
dent has, during the past few days
made q very exhaustive survey OF The
wheat fields of Kay county, and is now
Hole to give you a very careful and &C.
rurate estimate upon the acreage and
probable yield Of what at present prom
,ses TO be the greatest crop OF wheat
ever raised in a county Of the same
Size.
After looking carefully over the coun-
ty. Round Grove township, which lies
on the border OF the Ponca reservation,
the eastern line being three miles west
OF Ponca City, was selected as having
about an average acreage Of the whole
county The Chikaskia river and Duck
creek run through the whole length OF
the township and along both streams
the land is quite largely devoted 10 corn
ard stock raising, hence the acreage IS
much less than in townships in the
western and northern parts OF the coun-
ty. but il is probably larger than in
several townships bordering on the Ar
kansas river. But the average acreage
Is below. rather than above, that of the
whole county.
An accurate canvass Of this township,
the exact acreage of wheat on every
quarter section being ascertained, shows
that $3.50 acres, or 45.7 per cent Of the
1900 acres constituting the whole town
chip, are in wheat In KY county are
about 5000 acres Of land, and if the
percentage of Round Grove township
holds good for the whole county there
are within ner borders 217,Ge0 acres Of
growing wheat.
AS for the probable yield, that is
matter not so easily ascertained. If con-
ditions continue favoraoie and the crop
is safely harvested and all saved, the
yield will be prodigious. In Round
Grove township there are not 500 acres
OF wheat which can be called light
which Will yield twenty bushels or less
per acre Dozens of fields will go thirty
five 10 forty-five bushels per acre. Many
estimate that the yield OF the whole
county will average upwards Of thirty
bushels per acre, while no one who has
seen the wfleat puts il at less than
TWENTY-FIVE bushels. At the very con-
servative estimate of twenty-seven and
one-half bushels per acre the produc-
ton Of 100000. or approximately, six
million bushels Of wheat in Kay county
alone, seems now almost assured wet
weather during harvest being the only
thing which can possibly lessen it. Il is
likely that this estimate is too low,
rather than otherwise. Sumner county,
Kansas, with her 691, 200 acres Of land,
would have 10 produce s,76G,0O0 bushels
TO get into the same class with Kay
county, Oklahoma
In addition 70 the above estimate
there are 10000 acres in the Ponca In
dian reservation, and $4,000 acres in the
Usage and Kaw reservations which viii
yield not less than 100000 bushels of
equally good wheat. TO be marketed at
enc various shipping points of Kay
county
Ponca City, by reason of its central
location in the wheat belt and its proxi-
nifty TO the Indian reservations. will
doubtless become the greatest wheat
shipping point in the world Our buyers
IN this city and at White Eagle. four
miles below in the Porca reservation.
sne product of at least 125. 600 acres. or
about 100000 bushels. during the next
year. 1t is estimated that about . 500 900
bushels will be shipped between july
and January l. To do this will require
the loading of about 1000 cars. or twen-
1y-seven cars each day. When we get
10 buying 400 wagon loads of wheat each
DAY i'll the week we shall expect lively
times in Ponca City.
ID Is perhaps, superfluous to say that
tne quality Of the wheat above alluded
10 promises TO be No. l. Ii is about 81
per cent soft and 60 per cent hard.
harvest has already begun on the Salt
FORK and will be in full blast all over
tAe county in about a week.
BlON S. HUTCHINS.
COMMENCEMENT AT EDMOND
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