Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-07
THAT Is THE SIZE OF KANSAS
WHEAT CROP THIS YEAR.
BUT TWO CROPS WERE LARGER.
AVERAGE YIELD PER ACRE on To-
tai AREA sOwN, 14.0I BUSHELS.
Average Condition of Corn Crop Re-
ported ut Only 80 Per Cent, but
There Are S7,52O.OI7 Bush
els of Old Corn on
Hand.

Topeka, Has. Aug. b.-iSpecial) a re-
port on the condition Of growing crops n
Kansas July q. together with estimates by
its correspondents Of the yields OF wheat.
rye. oats. barley. fax and hay. and these
applied to acreage Of each crop as returned
by township assessors. was issued by the
state board OF agriculture to-day The
figures showing yields are a consensus Of
those made by farmers. threshermen and
millers in We'll nigh every nsighborhood.
each one being especially counseled to
make none but safe. conservative esti-
mates" and are based on the entire acre
age Sown. instead OF on the acreage harry
ested. While the efforts 10 ascertain the
facts as 10 yields. so early in the season.
have been unusually painstakiug. and ii is
believed the results obtained will closely
correspond with those TO be arrived at
later. when most OF the threshing has been
done. it should be understood that the
final canvass ninety days hence may give
figures slightly greater or less
The yield Of winter wheat aggregates
e. .5g2.OsT bushels. or. with two exceptions
Gs91 ana 1S9z). the largest in the states
history. The yield per acre is 1isl bushels
on the 3.31S.765 acres sown. COwley. Usage
and Woodson counties report the highest
yields per acre-twsnty-fOur bushels.
Twenty counties raised twenty bushels or
more per acre. Sixty-eight counties pro-
duced 81 per cent Of the total. or 4s,o5i.ld
bushels. These counties. according 10 their
rank in total product. led by Sumner with
the enormous output Of ass, ,O50 bushels
(the largest crop ever produced by a Kan
sas county,, are Barton. 2.760 .6i5. McPher-
son. 2.S92 9SS; Ellis. 1l6; Saline. 11s2.340;
Rush, 1.166.l54; Ellsworth. l.62l.7is. Sedg-
wick 1.4s3, ~: Rice. 1872 so: Cowley. 1.46l,
40S; Pawnee. ,3Ss. .12s: Marion. 1874. 403; Rus
Ts1gag gnT. 50
Lib. $50; Harper LII. ass: Ottawa. LOLA 426;
Reno. As. .0ls: Stafford s2s $50; Lincoln. s2l.-
43S: Mitchell. 907.01S: Labette. ssi5sO: Ness.
SO. .O90; Montgomery. 664. SO; Brown. 63075s;
Thomas, SIS. .l20: Cloud. SIS I5i; Kingman.
5S7. .407; Marshall. 500 SEQ; Osborne. 467.712;
Clay. 43s. 224: Jewell. 1893 NeOsho 393. 754..
Rocks, Ss1 go; Doniphan. $40 6SS; Sheridan,
$40. $50; Edwards. 37O520; Washington, 35s,
S74: Smith. 343. .616; Ford. 332. .SJ2; Crawford.
800. .76i; Cherokee. 307. 80: Trego. 2s5550;
Pratt. 2s3. $40; johnson. 261. .5s4: Chautauqua.
246.S4O; Decatur. 243,O49; Leavenworth. 2H.-
575; Douglas, 236.1e5: Rawlins. 22l $50; Cove.
217.72S; Geary. 216, 1862: Lane. e.622; Logan.
1882; Atchison. 1S5SiO; Barber. ls0050;
Phillips, 172.665; Nemaha. 1884: Norton,
164 Al: Wichita. 1s2. .5I5: Butler. 15s "A: VIII
son, l5l392: Hodgeman, 1H, ass; Coffey. 49,
$50; Graham. 133, 0s2; Republic, 1Z7.55s; Elk,
224; Wyandotte. 1O1 $50.
One year ago four-hfths Of the crop was
described as medium, or below. in
quality; this year it is reported good
from every county by several of the cor
respondents and in some counties b. a
smaller number as medium. while the
occasional report of poor is so infrequent
as to appear lonesome. The estimates in
dicate that 40 per cent Of the years product
will be marketed within sixty days, and
that the acreage sown the coming fall will
be at least an increase OF 10 per cent over
last falls sowing. The quantity of old
W found hand bv ne in
March was 1,6l4, 19S bushels. against l941.-
153 in March, 1886, and 36I2.OS5 bushels in
1895.
The land returned as sown 10 spring
wheat Is IL, ,6Ol acres. and its yield l.Us1, ,5lZ
bushels-an average Of S.64 bushels per acre
The quality is medium and good RaWllns,
| Sherman, Decatur. Cheyenne. Thomas.
| Norton and Sheridan. all northwestern
| counties, produce the bulk of this crop
In most parts OF the state the promising
| corn prospects of a month ago have dimin-
ished daily until, in several counties. they
| large number of others irreparably injured
by the intense heat and lack OF sufficient
rainfall. These conditions have been most
severe in the central counties near the
southern border. including kiowa. Pratt.
Comanche, Barber, kingman. Harper, Sedg-
responding area on the northern border has
been favored above ALL The average con-
| dition for the state is 50 per cent; in forty
| four counties it is higher; it is 50 or above
| I'm seventy-three counties, and 20 or above
| in twenty-eight counties; In eight IT Is ~
or above, thus: Geary and Pottawatomie
| 60 Clay 90. Riley 95. Smith So Cloud. -.
| Jewell 100 and Washington 103. In twenty
| counties 1t ranges from 90 down, to IN
Pratt and in Kiowa. Much Of the corn
planted in many Of the counties usually
| noted for large yields will not be worth
| saving even as fodder; and yet, with favor
| ing weather. presaged by widespread rains
| beginning and since August 3. the crop as
| a whole may be great as the total pro-
duced by, some other states in In, "a decade
| The total area planted is S.29S.Sl9 acres,
| and the quantity of old corn on hand In
March was 81 40 917 bushels as compared
with 57.6Z7.42l bushels in 1886 and H44.2a0
O RyesAcres, i1s.Ss: yield. 1.5e5. Jos bushels;
| WELD per acre. l3-I5 bushels: quality, gem
| orally, good. The largest product Wo'z4
| Oats@Acres. $50. .355: yield. .. .151.57s bush
| els: WELD per acre. 2557 bushels. The area
in ISgS and the product 5 SCI. 6O7 bushels. or
| Nl per cent, greater. The quality, with
| few exceptions, grades from medium 70
| bushels' is in Marion county and the high
| est Yields per acre in Republic t43) and
CGSigs RsElsv 90 ~ Acres. 11s1Os: yield. 1aO.1ss
| bushels: Weld per acre. 1532 bushels. The
| largest product. ls9 32 bushels is IN Ness
| county The next largest. $3.50 bushels. IN
| sheridan: 80 754 bushels in Thomas, and
| % 3sO bushels in Graham county.
| Fiax-Acres Iss. .13o: Weld. 1.1s6, es1 bushels;
| WELD per acre. T.0S bushels. Thirteen coun-
| ipc with l4O7l acres and a product OF 98. 497
| br;shels The counties having the next
| largest product are Neosho with 70, So Cof-
| fIsv-Average yield Of timothy. Us tons
per acre; clover, 1.s6 tons:>prairie hay. loS
| tons. , s,,
| Rrooru corn. "A per cent: castor beans, Is.
| clover, 50: timothy. 75: alfalfa. 50; pastures.
! 20: sorghum. 7s; Irish potatoes. 81: sweet
| maize rice corn or Jerusalem corn, 70; ap-
pies 50. grapes, Is; peaches, ~