The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-17

/ age bottom cut short; cotton suffering
| for rain, upland shedding, the boil Is be-
| ginning to open and picking will COM
mence shortly; late potatoes. grass and
stock doing we'll; peaches and grapes
| plentiful.
| Over the middle portion hot and dry
weather caused cotton TO wilt and shed
| the young boIls; corn is cut short and
| will be a half crop; miIlet and hay har-
vested; cane ripening and a good crop;
| blowing delayed pastures drying up and
| stock looking poor.
Over the southern portion corn IS ma
turing rapidly and is about ready TO
cut; sweet potatoes are extra good; late
potatoes are coming up; cane is good
| crop.
CENTRAL DIVISION.
Kansas Natien-Het and dry; corn
cutting is in progress; pastures dry and
| grass short; hay crop viii be short; too
| dry to plow.
Kay-A good rain on the 10th. a great
| help to the late corn; now dry and hot;
shocked grain all threshed; early corn
being shocked, but all very late corn
fully made; grapes a fine yield.
! Grant-Plowing progressing slowly;
corn is maturing and being cut; pastures
are getting short; hay crop will be light;
stock doing we'll; fruit drying up.
| Garheld-Threshing and haying in pro-
gress; too dry 70 pillow; corn about ma
| tured, crop good; kaff1r corn and potato
| crops good; pastures fairly good, and
stock ding well; peaches and grapes
ripening
Noble-Threshing and haying progress
| ing, but blowing delayed; hay drying up;
cotton boiling finely; corn cutting in pro-
gress; stock doing well; peaches and
| grapes plentiful.
Payne-Crops suffering from drouth;
early corn matured, and being cut;
| ground very dry for blowing; cotton and
| kaffir corn doing well.
Pawnee-Hot and dry; vegetables and
late crops suffering; haying and corn
| cutting in progress; cotton doing well;
melons plentiful; pastures getting short,
but stock doing well; grapes and peaches
ripening.
Logan-Corn matured and Being cut;
cotton looks well, but with speet pota
toes, kaffir corn and cow peas need
rain; pastures drying up, but stock is
doing well; too dry to plow; cane being
cut; millet in stack; haying and thresh-
ing continues.
Kinghsher-A good rain on the It'll,
blowing being advanced, many nearly
done; early corn matured and being cut;
broom corn about all pulled, a good crop;
haying retarded.
Canadian-Rain on 18th placed ground
in good condition and advanced blowing;
haying and threshing continuing with
fair to good yields; corn maturing and
cutting in progress; pastures good and
stock doing well.
Oklahoma-Plowing well advanced,
and many nearly done; pastures good;
corn ripening well; some corn being cut;
haying in progress; cotton shedding some
and doing we'll
Lincoln-AlI crops look well, but need
rain; cotton beginning to open; corn cut
ting in progress; haying about done;
pastures getting short; stock water
scarce.
Pottawatomie-Cot corn and all
crops doing WELL cotton fine and well
filled; corn is made; millet and grass cut,
apples, peaches and melons being gath
cred
CIeveland-Fine for haying and thresh-
ing: threshing almost completed; cotton
improved; playing for wheat almost
completed; peaches and melons plentiful;
millet in stack.
Chickasaw Nation-Showery and warm,
hay harvested interrupted but favorable
for corn, cane and cotton; corn maturing
well and will make a fair crop; cotton
is making a rapid dgrowth, some early
bolls opening; hay about all cut and a
fine yield; grass is good. and cattle are
doing well; threshing is about completed;
blowing is in progress.
WESTERN DIVISION.
Greer-Good local rains; cotton doing
extra well: threshing still in progress,
with wheat and oats giving good yields;
insects working turnips and gardens;
corn doing well.
Characterization for growing
crops continue good.
Washita-Rains caused corn TO mature
in good condition; cotton putting on
heavy crop: sweet potatoes doing well.
Roger AIiIls-Rains assure a heavy corn
crop; rnillet is very fine; cotton has
strong growth a very heavy prairie hay
srop assured.
Blaine-Broom corn being cut; corn
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ton doing well; grapes ripening; stock
water scarce; too dry to plow; light rain
on the Sth.
Daylight showers have placed corn
in fine condition; cattle fat and being
sbfoped: a large onion crop; hsying in
progress; second crop Of alfalfa being Sc
cured.
Dewey-Dry, with light showers; corn
good; hay plentiful and in stack; cotton
made good growth; cattle doing We'll;
threshing wheat in progress.
Woods-Threshing haying and corn
cutting in progress; too dry to plow; late
corn and other crops damages some By
drouth. corn from fair to good crop; KAT
fir corn heading and doing well; late
peaches injured by drouth.
WOodward-Haying in progress; some
broom corn cut: corn and cane viii Be
half crops: cattle look fine and are being
shipped; kafrr corn needs rain
Beaver-The drouth has cut short kaff1r
corn and affected cane 70 same extent:
corn Is being cut. and unless rain comes
soon all forage crops VIII be cut.
Men Going Back to Work.
P5ttsburg. Aug 15.--The American Win
dow Glass company today declared IL
per cent divident on its ;i.g,),ooo az pre-
ferred stock. This IS the second q the
kind this year The wage committee %
the window Glass Flatteners' associa-
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