Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-08-11

secretary Ooburn Issues q nuiiefin
showing Tholr Condition.

Roth0r with est mates by ltb coEFe
spondents of the yields OF winter anu
spring wheat, rye, oats, barley ana
flax, and these applied to the acre
ages OF each in the various countess
as ascertained by township assessors,
has been issued by the state board OF
agriculture,
The figures, and particular" those
pertaining TO yields, represent the
best Judgment Of more than thou-
sand obserunt men on the GROUND IN
as mnny communities--growers ana
thrpshers and millers - familiar
through daily contact with the mat
tiers ON which they report an" e@ch
cautioned to make only safe, con-
seryatNe estimates There Is no
attempt or pretense," the secretary
says, chat the figures agree with the
superior estimates of Nv y, the eN-
pert, Mr.. Y, the oracle, who to learn
the exact situation has been over the
state from Alma TO Wamego at 40
miles an hour, or Mr.. u, who, pre-
sumably occupied with other Affairs
364 days in the year, kindly takes
day or to tell q wondering world the
exact crop yields and conditions in
Kansas.
Ii is believed the results given will
closely correspond with those ar
rived at later when threshlng Is COM
pleted and to which the present iig-
ures are but preliminary.
Winter Wheat--The crop OF winter
wheat aggregates 6O,57O,656 bushels,
being with one exception (lSS2) the
largest ever grown In the state, The
yield per acre is figured on the entire
acreage sown and is 1851 bushels
The aggregate acreage sown was ~
481 ,637, or 95 per cent greater than
In the preceding year. and the prod
net greater by 10,5SO,sS2 bushels,
Wet weather, extreme heat, resulting
in rust and falling down when the
heads were filming cut the yield much
below what had promised almost a
certainty, while the quality OF much
of the grain that ripened was seri-
ously injured; hence u concensus oil
the carefully analysed reports indi-
Gates that probably per cent OF thU'
total or about 5,394S9 bushels Is un'
merchantable for Touring purposes;
1858 per cent or 22,O09,lS7 bushels
can be rated aus medium and 64.75
per cent or S3,lG6,575 bushels as
good" Thus, taking mo account oil
that reported as unsuitable for flour
the state appears to have In sight D.
1888 bushels more Of milling win
ter wheat than was raised in 1897.
Four counties, Lincoln, Mitchell,
Osborne and Wyandotte report an
average yield Of 20 bushels per acre;
Dickinson and Ottawa, 10 bushels;
followed next by Elk, Ellsworth
Greenwood, Phillips, Reno and Smith
with Is bushels. Seventy-one coun'
ties produced 81 per cent Of the total,
or 59,Oi2,7i7 bushels. These accord.
ing to their rank In total product OF
each, as last year led by Sumner with
4,2OS, S34 bushels, are Barton, 1854
M5; Mcpherson, 2,6l7lOl; Rice, O.
279,19O; Ellsworth, 1,995,7l4; Sedg-
wick, 1861 ,232; Saline, 1,S92SG4; Rus
sell. 1,S7S,352 Reno, 1,S1009S; Harper,
1,7lS,3lO; Dickinson, 1,70S,939; Match
ell 1876 $50; Ellis, 1922 Lincoln,
1,690,S20 Pawnee, 1,5iS,Si0; Stafford,
1,521S9S; Rush. 1854 Osborne, L.
27il0O; Ottawa, 12lS,9i9; Cowley L.
1886; Kingman, 1,llO,9O0; Harvey
1,U36, 1876; Marion, 9SS,OJ3; Rocks, $685.
202; Pratt, S09S9O; Thomas, 69l,SlS;
Rawins, 1924 Brown, 67S ,496;
Montgomery, 81, $50; Smith, 6.l,29S;
Ness, 594,032 Doniphan, 62,45O; Mar
shall, 5l3,3S0; Cloud, 53i,l95; Jewell,
50O,S2O; Decatur, 47S,395; Clay, 469,-
ass; Dabette, 442, sos; Sheridan, 49,
1884, Trego, 3S9, $50; Edwards, 1888 ,22S;
logan, 97l,S45; Phillips, S70,224;
Cherokee, $4,000; Graham, SS7125;
Norton, 1854; Barber, oN,160;
Washington, SO2,2SO; Ford, 29S,55O;
Leavenworth, 272,459; Neosho, 271, 7G6;
Crawford, 267,4S0; Wichita, 2OS,072;
Butler, 256,676; Chautauqua, 241 1858;
Lane, 241,O92; Atchison, 237,292;
johnson, 292, 410; Coffey, 1924; Ne
maha, 1888; RepwJnc, 1871 ,297;
Hodgeman, 1854; Sherman, 17S,54S;
Wilson, 176,92S; Cove, 1876; Wyan-
dotte, 10000; Kiowa, 16i,256; Geary,
144,5OS; Elk, 1S0,42S; Scott, 1O7SSO;
Lyon, 107,S2S.
About SO per cent is reported az
likely to be marketed by October /,
and the acreage that will be sown the
present fall as slightly larger than
last years sowing.
Spring Wheat--rhe yield OF spring
wheat Is 1,3S0,291 bushels, or 11%
bushels per acre on 1174S5 acres,
This is about al per cent more Of this
grain than was grown last year on
considerably larger acreage. Sher-
man is the leading spring wheat
county with S8S,445 bushels, followed
by Decatur, Rawlings, Cheyenne,
Thomas and Norton in the order
named, each with more than 100000
bushels. The quality is quite invaria-
bly, reported medium or good.
Rye-Acres, 153,60O yield, 1887, S41
bushels; yield per acre, 1875 bushels.
Reno county leads with yield OF
1920 bushels, followed by Rawlins,
Rocks, Decatur and Norton, az
named.
0ats-The yield of oats is 1878
bushels per acre ON 1,O55,645 acres,
or 19,832,7S1 bushels. The acreage
was larger than last year but the