The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-09
KANSAS WHEAT Field
Is Such as Never the Sun
Shone on Before.
STATE CONDITION 1909
Sedgwick's 124, 998 Acres
Ranks at 1903.

Topeka, Kan, June S.-The Kansas de-
partment OF agriculture today issues a
bulletin giving the results OF searching in
quiry into the states crop conditions on
porters-growers, milIers and elevator
men in every pecially
cautioned in each instance to make only
safe, conservative estimates. Any occa-
sional local statements appearing extreme
or extravagant, suggesting a disposition
to unduly magnify or minimize in any d.
rection have been carefully eliminated
and, if any different, the situation is even
more favorable than the published figures
indicate. This, in accordance with the de-
partment's invariable rule that Kansas
shall always be able to show more assets
and deliver more goods than the inven-
tory and advertisements set forth.
The average condition of winter wheat
for the whole state is 1908 per cent, rang
ing fro 80 in Cheyenne county to Ill in
Harper. The counties reporting the high
est conditions are Harper, Ottawa, Leav-
enworth, Sedgwick, Pratt, Cloud, Clark,
Barton and Bourbon. OF the 105 counties,
Is in the central third Of the state, or
Sumner, Barton, Mcpherson, Rice, Rush,
Ellis, Pawnee, Russell. Sedgwick Saline,
Stafford, Reno, Mitchell Ellsworth and
Harper, named according to their rank
in acreage, have 30 per cent of the entire
wheat area, with an average sondition of
1884. ranging from 81 in Rush to Ill in
Harper. Along with these counties the
fourteen having successfully the next
largest acreage, viz: Dickinson, Marion,
Lincoln, Osborne, Cowley, Ottawa, Rocks,
Harvey, Kingman, Thomas, Labette,
Ness, Smith and Pratt, making q, located
in the central third of the state, contain
= per cent of the area sown to wheat and
show an average condition of 1925 In g.
counties having IS per cent of the wheat
acreage, or practically the wheat field Of
Kansas, the average ondition is 10107.
Material damage by cinch bugs is not re-
ported from any county except Dickinson.
In Dickinson, Marion, Mcpherson, Otta-
wa and Rice counties the Hessian fly has
been doing harm in many fields, more
particularly in those of Dickinson and
Mcpherson. From many directions stories
are sent of wheat fields infested with
myriads of small green lice or flies, but
from nowhere are there definite state
ments of their yet being actually harm
full. Harvesting has begun IN the earlier
fields of the southern tier of counties
On the whole. it is doubtful if the sun ever
shone upon a like area of wheat. in a
single state, more promising than that in
Kansas at the beginning of June. 1850.
Generally throughout the state the con-
dition and prospects of corn are very en-
couraging. The acreage is reported prac-
tically the same as last year, with a con-
dition of 93.2 per gent, being 3 points
higher than at the same date one year
ago, and Il higher than two years ago. In
q counties which had so per cent of the
corn acreage last year the condition aver
ages 91.S, varying as follows: Bourbon
100, Brown 9S, Butler 9S. Clay 80, Cloud so
Coffey S., Cowley 9S. Decatur 81, Dickin-
son 81, Franklin 80. Greenwood 80. Jack
son IS. Jefferson 100, Jewell 81, Linn 81,
Nemaha "a. Norton "a. Usage 81, Phillips
S. Pottawatomie go, and Reno IS.
The following table shows the estimated
number of acres of wheat in each county,
placed in rank according to its acreage,
the acres planted to corn in 1899, and the
condition of the growing corn and wheat
at this time: