Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-08-17
KANSAS CROPS.
Secretary Coburn Issues n Bulletin
Showing Their Condition


Topeka, Kan, August 10, 1S9S.-A
press bulletin giving the condition OF
growing crops in Kansas July 81, to-
gether with est mates by its CORE
spondents of the yields of winter and
spring wheat, rye, oats, barley and
fax, and these applied to the acre
ages of each in the various coun ties,
as ascertained by township assessors,
has been issued by the state board of
agriculture.
The figures, and particularly those
pertaining to yields, represent the
best judgment of more than thou
sand observant men on the ground in
as many communities-grow and
threshers and millers = familiar
through daily contact with the mat
ters on which they report an. each
cautioned to make only safe, con-
sentative estima teS." There is no
attempt or pretense," the secretary
says, that the figures agree with the
superior estimates of Mr.. Y, the ex-
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 off to tell a wondering world the
exact crop yields and conditions in
Kansas.
1t is believed the results given will
closely correspond with those ar
rived at later when threshing is COM
pleted and to which the present fig
ures are but preliminary.
Winter Wheat-The crop of winter
wheat aggregates 60.570,656 bushels,
being with one exception QS92) the
largest ever grown i'm the state. The
yield per acre is figured on the entire
acreage sown and is 1851 bushels.
The aggregate acreage sown was A.
4S1, 637, or 35 per cent greater than
uct greater by 10,530,zS2 bushels.
Wet weather, extreme heat, resulting
in rust and falling down when the
heads were filling, 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 concensus of
the carefully analysed reports indi-
Gates that probably per cent of that
total or about 1894, 1874 bushels is IN
merchantable for Touring purposes;
1888 per cent or 22.009,1S bushels
can be rated as medium" and 54.75
per cent or 33,166,575 bushels as
good" Thus, taking mo account of
that reported as unsuitable for flour
the state appears to have in sight s.
1QS 900 ha1e rNf
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 59,042,747 bushels. These accord
ing to their rank in total product of
each, as last year led by Sumner with
4,20S,S34 bushels, are Barton, 1884,
S75; MCPHERSON, 2,617, 104; Rice, g.
wick, 1861, 232; Saline, 1892, 1864; Rus
sell, 1,S7S,352; Reno, 1,S10,09S; Harper,
1,71S, $40; Dickinson, 1908, 939; Mitch
ell, 1,626,6S0; Ellis, 1907 ,209; Lincoln,
1880, 800; Pawnee, 1,54S,S40; Stafford,
1921 1893; Rush, 1,375,497; Osborne, l.
274, 100; Ottawa, 1,243 ,949; Cowley, l.
1866; Kingman, 1,110,900; Harvey,
1,J36, 126; Marion, 9SS, 0o3; Rocks, $685.
202; Pratt, S09,S90; Thomas, 694,S1S;
Rawlins, 6S5,244; Brown, 67S,496;
Montgomery, 671,6S0; Smith, 644, 29S;
Ness, 594, 032; Doniphan, 562, $50; Mar
shall, 543,3S0; Cloud, 534 ,495; Jewell,
500,S20; Decatur, 47S,935; Clay. 469,-
ass; Babette, 442,69S; Sheridan, 1922
664; Trego, S89, 25O; Edwards, $50, 22S;
Logan, 371,345; Phillips, 370,224;
Cherokee, $4,000; Graham, 337, 1925;
Norton, 1854; Barber, oN,16O;
Washington, 302,2SO; Ford, 29S,550;
Leavenworth, 2,459; Neosho, 271, 766;
Crawford, 267,4S0; Wichita, 25S,O72;
Butler. 256,676; Chautauqua, 241, 1858;
Lane, 241,092; Atchison, 237,292;
johnson, 232,410; Coffey, 1924; Ne
maha, 1898; Repuonc, 1S1,237;
Hodgeman, 1854; Sherman, 17S,54Ss
Wilson, 176,92S; Cove, 176, 1876; Wyan.
dotte, 10000; Kiowa, 164,256; Geary,
Ia, sos; Elk, 130,42S; Scott, 1O7, $50;
Lyon, 07,32S.
About SO per cent is reported as
likely to be marketed by October 1,
and the acreage that will be sown the
present fall as slightly larger than
last years sowing.
Spring Wheat-The yield of spring
wheat is 1,3S0,291 bushels, or liz
bushels per acre on 117,4S5 acres
This is about 80 per cent more of this
grain than was grown last year on a
considerably larger acreage. Sher-
man is the leading spring wheat
county with 3SS.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, 800; yield, 1887 ,S41
bushels; yield per acre, 1876 bushels.
Reno county leads with yield OF
1915 bushels, followed by Rawlins
Rocks, Decatur and Norton, as
named.
Oats-The yield of oats is 1876
bushels per acre on 1,055,645 acres,
or 19,832,731 bushels. The acreage
was larger than last year but the
total yield less by Is per cent. Very
little good oats is reported. Sedg-
wick and Washington are the onlv
counties reporting 100000 bushels OF
more, with yields of 25 and % BUSH
els per acre, respectively.
Corn-The season throughout has
been in most of the state adverse to
corn. Weather too cool and too en-
tirely wet interfered with planting,
termination and cultivation up to the
beginning of July, and since then the
opposite conditions have prevailed to
such an extent that the poor stand,
late planting, rank growth of weeds
and too. dry, baked condition of the
soil could not be overcome. OF
course there are local exceptions and
favorable situations swing ample
promise, but the average condition
for the whole state is 81, against 7s
May 31st. In 40 corn counties it ia
higher, reaching los in Chautauuua
and 100 in Linn and RawlinS It is