The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03
APPLE CROP SHORT.
A Light Frost Reported in Western
Kansas.

A Light Frost Reported in Western
Kansas.
The following is the last climate and
crop report to be issued by the depart
ment Of agriculture for the Kansas sec
ton. Tt is for the week ending Septem-
Der %. No more will be issued until
next spring
GENERAL CONDITIONS.
The average temperature for the week
IS nearly normal. Very little rain fell
west of a line drawn from Washington
county to Morton, while east OF that line
the state has been thoroughly soaked.
The rainfall for the week exceeds six
inches in Jefferson, LeavenwOrth,D Doug
las. johnson, Miami, Anderson, Linn,
Bourbon, Allen, WOOdson, Greenwood.
Elk, Wilson, Neosho Montgomery. and
portions of COffey, while at Toronto is
reached 9. 50 inches, at Grenola $50 inch
es. and at Kimball it amounted to one
foot
EASTERN DIVISION.
The wet weather this week stopped
wheat sowing, threshing, and all field
work, and injured much corn that was
down and some in the shock; in Wilson
county some corn and hay have been
damaged by overflow All wheat sown
Is coming up rapidly and growing well.
Pastures are fine. Potatoes are rotting
in Allen and NeoshO and sprouting in
Jefferson Apples are much improved by
the cool, wet weather though in Allen
and southwest part of Jefferson some
varieties are bursting from too much
water in Franklin. where the apple
crop had two bad checks this season
the severe hail storm in June and wind
storm the second week in September
half crop still remains and the fruit
{ as IN good condition; in Brown the early
fail apples were good and have been
mostly marketed, and of the winter va
rieties-except in old OrchaTds-the trees
are well loaded with a fair percentage
OF marketable fruit, with picking in pro-
gresss in Shawnee the crop is largely re-
dueed IN the northwest part but fine in
the southeastern.
MIDDLE DIVISION.
Corn is now beyond danger from frost
put IN many counties the yield is light; in
Cowley some of the shocked corn is be-
ing damaged by the wet weather. The
rams have stopped wheat sowing and
threshing In most of the counties and in
CoWley have damaged some of the wheat
in stacks. Wheat IS up in all of the collu-
ueS and growing well, and in Sumner
some Of it almost covers the ground Pas
lures are fine. in many of the counties the
grass being green as in spring. Apples
are small crop in most of the counties
having been greatly damaged BY the long
drought but in SedgWick the crop is good
and fine ones are being marketed; those
remaining on trees are improving. Fall
forage crops are good and maturing well
put trost within two weeks would prob
ably damage late kaffir corn.
WESTERN DIVISION
Wheat sowing is general in many Of the
central and northern counties and in
Ford Ness and Thomas the wheat is
state Range grass is getting green in
most of the central and southern counties
but has been hurt by the cold rains in
tord- a light frost was reported on the
18th IN Ford and Ness. The ground is in
line condition for working in many of the
counties. Threshing in Ness IS showing
Ialr TO good yields of a fine quality Of
wheat. The winds of the 24th blew down
much fruit in Kearny.