The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06

3O2,28O; Ford, 298, $50: Leavenworth, 272,-
429; Neosho, 271, 766; Crawford, 267, 48O
Wlchlta, 258,O12: Butler. 256. 676; Chau-
6 tau 24!,358; Lane, 241,0 92; Atchison,
- '2921 johnson, 232, 411O; Coffey, 1885,
"a; Nemaha, 1S5,318; Republic, 181 237; ;
Hodgeman, 1854; Sherman, 178548;
Wilson, 176,92S; Cove, 1876; Wyan-
dotte, 10000; Kiowa, 1854 256; Gearv.
la, sos; Elk, $50, 428; Scott, 1O7, $50; Lyon,
1O7, 1928 -'
About 80 per cent is reported as like
Iy to be marketed by October l, and the
acreage that will be sOWn the present
fall as slightly larger than last year s
sowing.
Spring wheat-The yield of spring
wheat is 1880 291 bushels or 113L BUSH
els per acre, on III 485 acres. This is
about 40 per cent more of this grain
than was grown last year on a con-
s1derably larger acreage. Sherman is
the leading spring wheat county with
338, 445 bushels, followed by Decatur
Rawlins, Cheyenne, Thomas and Nor
ton in the order named, each with mora
than 100000 bushels. The quality is
quite invariably reported medium or
good.
Rye-Acres, 1873 600; yield, 2,897, S41
bushels; yield per acre, 1915 bushels.
Reno county leads with a yield of 49,
12O bushels, followed by Rawlins, Rocks,
Decatur and Norton, as named.
Oats-The yield of oats is 1875 BUSH
els per acre on 1,055,6 45 acres, or 19, S32,-
731 bushels. The acreage was larger
by Is per cent Very little good oats is
reported. Sedgwick and Washington
are the only counties reporting 1000, 900
bushels or more, with yields of rs and
% bushels per acre, respectively.
COrn-The season throughout has
been in most of the state adverse to
corn. Weather too cool and too entirely
wet interfered with the planting, germ
inatiOn and cultivation up to the be
ginning of July, and since then the OPP
pOsite 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 situa-
tons giving ample promise. but the av-
eTage condition for the whole state is
ties it is higher, reaching los in Chau-
tauqua and 100 in Linn and Rawlins It
is 50 in WOOdSOn, "a in Cherokee, and so
or above in COffey. COWley, Logan. Nor
ton, Pratt and Sheridan. In 80 counties
the condition ranges at 20 or above The
worst showing applies largely in some
of the, very foremost corn producing
counties, where it is, for example in
Clay. %, Cloud SO, Ellsworth 25. Jewell
SO, Mitchell 50, Osborne %, Ottawa g.
Republic 80. Rocks 25 and Smith 49,
The area planted was 7,242,437 acres,
less than in 1897.
Barley-Acres, 122,458; average yield
per acre, 1926 bushels: total yield. 3
S4S,144 bushels, or 60 per cent more than
last year Ness leads in this crop, with
nearly 10000 acres, and Lane has more
than 1000.
F'Iax-The area in fax was $4,000
acres, or about 80 per cent greater than
last year, and the increase in output
was Sc per cent. Total acres, PIG. 1893;
total crop, 1888, AIS bushels; yield per
acre, 746 bushels. Anderson county
had the most-19, 1856 acres. Allen, Bour-
bon, Cherokee, Coffey, Franklin. John
son, Linn Miami and Neosno are the
other counties raising upwards of 10, 600
acres each.
other crops-The condition of the
other crops is as follows: Broom corn,
"A; castor beans, 70; clover, So; timothy
so; alfalfa, Sc; pastures, 80; Irish pota-
toes. rs; sweet potatoes, so; milIet 70;
Kaffir corn, SO; sorghum, "a.