The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-16
ARRANGE FOR WHEAT
Bulk of the Crop Will be
Handled in Wichita.
ELEVATOR TO OPEN SOON
SedgWick and Other Counties
Produce 1000, OO0BusheIs

Wichita grain men are making every
possible effort to get things in readiness
10 handle the new wheat crop which will
begin to move next week 1t has been
estimated by conservative men who are
posted on the wheat outlook that there is
at least 100000 bushels of wheat in the
territory adjacent to Wichita At first
thought this seems to be a very large
number of bushels, but it has been care
fully estimated with an average yield Of
twenty bushels per acre as a basis. In
fact. some grain men have figured that
the yield in Wichita's territory will far
exceed the first figure, but the estimate
with twenty bushels per acre as the basis
seems to be the general opinion among
grain men here.
Few people realize the amount Of wheat
in the country which is being harvested.
Fifteen counties, of which Sedgwiok is
one, 3prOauce 80 per cent of all the wheat
raised in Kansas. Sedgwick county her
self has an acreage this year Of 124, 95S
acres, and the most Of it is in excellent
condition. Sumner county, on the south,
has 296.S02 acres in wheat and the yield
per bushel Will be very heavy. Butler
county on the east, has an acreage of
1855 acres and the grain IS above the
average in quality. Harvey county has
1886 acres in wheat and in most local.
ties the yield will be very good.
Sedgwick county, while her acreage is
not as large as some other counties, al
ways takes high rank in the quality Of
grain produced. Secretary Coburn. in his
last report, gave this years crop a mark
Of lO4 per cent. and the highest mark Civ
en- any one county was III per cent. One
Of the noticeable things this year in re-
gard 10 the wheat crop is that there has
been very little damage reported by
chinch bugs. Heretofore there always has
been in a number of counties much
wheat destroyed by these insects.
Wichita viii handle the bulk Of the
wheat in this part Of the country. The
new elevator which has recently been
erected by the Wichita Elevator COM
panv on the Santa Fe tracks. just south
Of the freight depot will soon be in oper-
alton. The firm consists of W. F. Green
Of this city and n. w. Culver. formerly
Of Kansas City. Mr.. Green, in talking
to \ reporter for the Eagle yesterday
said:
"EauSas VII this year see one Of the
largest wheat crops in her history. To
pcsr,e who have not paid much attention
t. the outlook the yield will be surpris-
inc have kept watch of this thing all
season and an more than pleased with
the outlook for Wichita in regard to get
ting her share OF the wheat The yield
viii be Of excellent quality. too and in
many cases viii exceed the immense crop
Of several years ago in that respect"
BIZ. Green. in answer to a question in
regard to the new elevator. had to say:
We expect to have the elevator running
within a few days. We are now waiting
for belt to come which has been made
IN the east The belt is 40 feet long ana
has 100 cups on it which hold one pc k
each. This belt alone will handle COCO
bushels Of wheat every hour Our ele-
gator has a storage capacity Of 10000
bushels. but it was built for handling
purposes. mainly. It viii have 4 capacity
for handling thirty cars per cay. and
when the new crop Of wheat hegins to
roll in We will rush things as rapidly as
possible. Some of the machinery in this
elevator is very expensive and the cost
Of the entire machinery in the plant will
double that Of the building. We fully
expect to get our share Of the grain in
this part Of the country, and most of it
will be for export trade. Very little Of
it viii he used here, although the mills in
this section viii demand some of it. Wich-
fra and the adjacent territory could sup
port more mills. Topeka has four mills
On solid basis. and Wichita could easily
support just as many"
Mr. Green further said: THE price Of
wheat In my estimation. will be good all
season. It viii depend largely. however
on the northern wheat section, but at any
rate the Kansas farmer should have no
cause for complaint"