The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-20
SEVENTEEN AND SIX-TENTHS
Is the Best Kansas Can Do For Corn
on the verage

Topeka, Kan; Sept. 1.-THE state board
| Of agriculture issues today Il press bulle-
| tin giving the situation as to the year s
corn crop in Kansas and the preliminary
statement, prior to any husking. of its
probable yield of marketable product, as
arrived at through the reports from each
county by the producers and others sup
posed to be most thoroughly familiar with
the local conditions, together with the
probabilities as to the acreage of winter
wheat that will be sown the present sea-
son.
Perhaps the most striking feature Of
the corn situation is the fact that the
famed corn belt of north central Kansas.
including SUCH counties as Jewell. Mitch
ell. Osborne. Republic, Smith. Washing
ton. Cloud, Ottawa and others that are
nearly every year such great producers.
have this year been most unfortunate and
present the minimum yields per acre of
I. 6, 8, 7, 5, s, and 4 bushels. respectively.
The total crop for the state is figured
at about 127 ,5OO0 900 bushels, or 17.6 bushels
per acre, which is three pecks per acre
les sthan last years yield. The largest
yield per acre is 35 bushels. in Wyandotte
county; Coffey, Miami and Franklin coun-
ties have 80 bushels; Johnson and Linn,
81; Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee,
Crawford and Leavenworth, 30: Cowley,
%; Allen and Doniphan, %; Anderson,
Butler, Neosho and Woodson. &c; Douglas,
Elk, Greenwood and Usage, %; Chase, La
bette, Marion and Shawnee, %; Jackson,
Lyon and Potta watomie, %; Barber, Clark
Morris, Pratt and Wabaunsee, q; Com
anche. Kiowa, Sumner and Wilson, 20
bushels per acre.
The corn crop is virtually made; any
changes will be for the better, the pres
ent cool. moist weather being especially
favorable to the filing and proper ma
turing of that planted late. A consid-
cradle proportion of the whole is already
in the shock or now being cut.
The figures given indicate a total yield
of about q. 663, 600 bushels, or Is per cent
less than in 1897 This years acreage
planted in corn was Is per cent less than
that of last year.
The assessors reported s2595,377 bushels
of old corn on hand March l, or BLESSED
bushels less than one year before.
The reported probable increase in acre
age sown to winter wheat this fall over
last amounts to 255,0Oo acres or 81 per
cent, making a wheat field OF 100000
acres. Four counties namely. Chautau-
qua, DonIphan. Ottawa and Shawnee, re-
port a small decrease Of from2 TO per
cent each The counties of Barber, Geary,
Brown, Hodgeman, Jefferson. Kingman.
Marion. Montgomery. Pawnee, Pratt, Re
public, Riley and Wabaunsee report that
they viii SOW the same acreage as last
year. Eighty-eight counties say they
probable in the counties that grow wheat
extensively IS Barber. 3; Dickinson. 2:
Harper. 7; Ellsworth, 4; Ellis. :; McPher-
son. 8; Mitchell. 9: Reno .; Rice. 10: Rush,
s: Russell 2; Saline. 4: Sedgwick. 3; stat
ford, ;; Sumner. 4: Thomas. %. and Trego
8 per cent The soaking rains wnich fell
practically all over the state within the
week ending September 18th. made the
soil II the best possible form for working
and the conditions at this time are ideal
for piowing and preparing 2 suitable seed
bed-so much 50 trzt having u1lirnit ed
seed az hand tie farmers may b. per-
suaded 70 SOW even more than they as
yet contemplate.
The abundant rains while 50 improving
RE soil conditions. tave added largely 20
the supply OF stock water il the streams
and the lUXursaIcce % .al4 paStIraSe.
Northern Trappers Missing.
Winnipeg. Man Sept I7-Geo-ge Hunt .
stetter. an American t-apper- and q com
pznion, who left Wahigo last Christmas (
for the northern wil6s. taFe u3t been +
heard OF since and ars supposed . nave /
pe-ishe1 Il = reported they were ruur- I
dered BY Indians. who are Jealous . any /
white traPpe-s coming in and e1c-0aca- /
ing upon wha- they regard As the!r * 4
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