The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-14
for blowing and for rapid growth of all
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NORTHERN SECTION.

vegetation.
Correspondents remarks are as follows
NORTHERN SECTION.
Crystal-Corn looks finely and promise.
large yield cotton blooming and looks
fairly well; castor beans in excellent con
dition; grass is good.
Pawhuska-Good corn weather; whea
| and oats stacking progressing rapidly
very little mas been threshed; both wi1ea
and oats hurt by rust, and some fields
were not cut.
Summertime rains this week; corn is
! fee; wheat being stacked and 1hreshed
Burton-Everythin doing finely; corn in
/ silk and tassel; millet heading; wheat
1 mostly stacked; kaffr and corn growing
/ finely; grass looks finely; ground in good
condition for blowing.
| Medford-Corn, cane, kafflr and castor
beans doing finely; heavy rain on Friday.
Cleo-Light rains only; corn needs rain;
most Of the crop was planted late; wheat
all stacked in good condition.
Hopeton-Heat and drouth are iniuring
wheat somewhat, and mas checked growth
of grass.
Waukomis-Threslling begun; yield of
: .,
all growing crops doing fairly well, but
needing more rain.
Prudence-Most too dry for corn, cane
and millet; cotton is doing well; corn is
well cared; gardens getting dry.
CENTRAL SECTION.
Orlando-Rains have kept all late crops
in fine growing condition; wheat yielding
much below expectations, quality good;
oats poor; hay is excellent; many are
blowing for wheat.
Garden-Corn is as good as ever known;
cotton looking well; grass is splendid;
millet, the best ever grown; potatoes not
as good as usual; hay is being made.
Stillwater-This has been an excellent
week for corn and all crops; corn in full
tassel; threshing in progress; yield of
wheat much less than expected.
McLoud-Heavy rains Friday and satur-
day; too much for cotton and making hay;
corn very fine; vegetables plentiful
Sacred Heart-Crops growing nicely;
corn and cotton mostly laid by; grass is
fine; plenty of rain.
Oklahoma-2.0O inches Of rain this week:
corn very fine; blowing for wheat; cot
ton much improved; grapes growing nice
ly; hay fine.
Kingfsher-.S2 of an inch of rain this
week has greatly benefited corn; cotton
locks well and is blooming; late potatoes
doing nicely.
Yukon-Heavy rains stopped threshing;
much wheat in stack. but some yet in the
late crops are excellent.
shock; the yield so far as threshed Is
good, but quality poor; corn very fine; all
Moore-Very favorable weather for all
crops; ground soaked; cotton and corn
fine; wheat is yielding well, but of poor
quality.
SOUTHERN SECTION.
Berwyn-Very warm and dry till Satur-
day night, when we had a fine rain; this
assures one of the largest corn crops ever
grown; cotton is fine and fruiting well;
yield of wheat and oats light.
Overbrook-Rans this week assures a |
ever before at this time; cotton is doing |
nicely, but there is some complaint Of |
boil worms
Davis-Corn has been injured by the dry |
weather preceding Friday; cotton is doing |
well; other crops are made but not all J
garnered.
Ardmore-It has been warm and dry; |
corn and cotton doing we'll; fine rain Fri |
day night; wheat and oats light yield.
Healdton-The rains Friday and Satur- |
day insures large corn crop. and will |
greatly benefit cotton, which Is doing fine |
ly.
WESTERN SECTION.
Winnview-The first threshing has been
done this week; early wheat shows a fair
yield. but lighter of late wheat; oats un-
usually poor; corn is in good shape; kat
fir. sorghum and millet the very best
dependence-Wheat and oats in shock
or stack; cotton looks well and is squar-
ing. and a few fields are in bloom; corn.
kaffir, castor beans and forage crops and
excellent.
Arapaho-Excenent rains. and ground in
fine condition; corn, cotton and all late
crops excellent.
Taloga-Ffne rains and ground in fine
condition; wheat and oats will, apparent
iy. yield we'll; corn in roasting ears; no
hay is made but grass is good; general
conditions are excellent.
Red Moon-Very favorable weather. and
cfrops growing finely; early corn in roast
ing ears: some millet being cut.
Riley-Local showers; corn doing well,
and general conditions fair.
EASTERN SECTION.
Atoka-Plenty Of rain Saturday insures
4 good corn crop; cotton doing we'll some
oolls forming, and all is full Of squares
and bloom; wheat and oats being thresh-
ID. oats very light. wheat yield fair.
Lee-Fine weather for corn and cotton;
! large corn crop viii be raised in this
sec;ion.
Muscogee-Heavy local rains; hay max
NJ begun; cotton being laid by; large
zane crop and it Is growing finely; other
,roDs generally doing fairly we'll
Sasler-Fine weather for corn and COT
on. bo,A ara very good; large crop of
lay IS being made.
AIu.drow- Corn IS very good; cotton Is
lne. fun OF bloom and some good sized
DOLLS: potatoes are yielding poorly, second
,rop promises better.
Lehigh--50 inches Of rain on 9Th; wheat
lad oa,s very light; corn and cotton doing
veil.
Wewoka-Favorable for all growing
.ro2s; corn and cotton fair; oats and po,a-
oes poor; nay very fine everywhere.
J. I WIDNrEYER,
Section Director.
Powder Explosion Killed Nine. I
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