The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-08

dropping badly; turnips being planted
and corn gathered.
I CENTRAL DIVISION.
Kay-Heavy rain on the 9th placed
ground in fine condition for fall wheat;
pastures are good and water plentiful.
Corn fully matured not over a half crop;
threshing continues; potatoes rottng in
ground.
Grant-Good local rains on 18th, will
help kaffir corn and cane; preparations
for wheat sowing being rushed where
rain fell; Aaying in progress, but grass
dryl-4g. up; corn crop short
Garfield-wheat about half threshed;
corn made half crop; grass fairly good.
and stock looks well; too dry TO pillow
kaffir and cane fodder all cut: ground be-
ing prepared for seeding. late peaches
need rain.
Noble-Drouth relieved by good rain
on the 18th; blowing in progress and
everything benefited cotton has COM
menced to open, and grass to grow
threshing well advanced
Payne-GoOd rain on the 2Sth, will
help crops and pastures and some cot
ton; cotton being picked; early corn
good; late rather poor; hay mostly made.
Pawnee-Good rain on the 18th improY-
ed all late crops; cotton shedding many
squares and picking is in progress, with
prospects of a half to two-thirds crop;
grass, pastures and stock doing well;
fruit badly damaged.
Logan-Rain on the Is relieved drouth
and started blowing; cotton picking is
in progress, first picking turning out well;
late kaff1r doing well; narrowing and Sow
ing wheat commenced; sweet potatoes
fair; tsock looks we'll; turnips are being
planted
Kingfisher-High wind on 18th caused
considerable damage to fruit trees, stack
ed grain and hay not much rain and
cooler; too dry for cotton, some bolls
falling off; peaches drying up.
Guardianship dry, with small prospect
Of rain; some still blowing: grass poor;
late peaches small; light rains on 18th;
insufficient, but helped narrowing; corn
matured and short YIELD peanuts doing
well.
Oklahoma-RainS on the 2Sth improved
condition of cotton very much. and pick
ing is in progress; blowing finished by
many farmers, and seeding will begin
shortly; corn is about ready to crib: a
large crop of hay cut; pastures freshen-
ing up, and stock doing well.
Lincoln-FaH blowing is in progress
sine the rains, with ground in good on
dition; Otton picking fairly begun
Pottawatomie-Go0d rains will help
pastures, turnips and vegetation, and
mature the cotton; second crop Of hay
assured
Cleveland-Drouth broken by a rain on
the 2Sth; cotton picking in progress. crop
shedding some caused by rains and cool
weather; haying and threshing almost
completed corn on market, fair yield:
narrowing in progress, ground in good /
ondition.
Chikasaw Nation-Rains on the 18th |
and Goth helped the late cotton some,
picking is in general progress, and some !
has been ginned; bottom land cotton is |
mostly good, upland is pretty badly |
damaged; fall blowing still retarded. |
rains insufficient to pace ground in con-
dtion; water more plentiful, but stin |
scarce; stock in only fair condition.
WESTERN DIVISION.
Gree@Drouth broken by rain on the |
31sf with was badly needed for cotton;
crop now opening and picking has com
menced: sorghum, kafir corn and, cane
cut and fine; stock looking we'll.
Wsshta-Recent heavy rains have
caused cotton to throw off badly; farm
ers preparing for a large Wheat acre
age; corn drying out rapidly; all vine
crops doing well.
Custer-Another hot and dry week
crops, excepting cotton, all matured and
out of danger from frost; cotton poor
stand but boiling well; pastures drying
up blowing suspended; threshing in pro-
crossing; late peaches being damaged
Day-Hct and dry; hay all up; corn
being secured; cane matured in fine con-
dition; cattle doing we'll range pastures
good for so much dry weather.
Woods-Drouth still unbroken: every
thing drying UP fast; late corn and feed
for rain; ane and kafir corn
falling down; pastures drying up in
places; stock being fed; hay and potato
crop short; too dry to plowa threshlng
about ompleted.
Woodward-Dry and cocler; hay all
made; some Ksffr corn and cane to be
cut yet; grass good; stock water plenti
full; corn all in shock.
Blaine-Too dry to plow: fruit dam
aged by drouth; stock doing well; cotton
in fair condition; broom corn is good:
wheat still turning out well.
Beaver-Cooler. with local hail storm
on the 18th. damaging standing crops,
and beating off peaches and apples; hay
ng about done: range Is drying up; sew
5ral prairie fires have started.
c. NJ STRONG. Section Director.