The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-07
General Conditions Have Suf-
fered a Slight Relapse.
DECREASE II PER CENT
The Acreage Is Larger Than
Has Been Supposed.
VIII Be Equal to or Above the
Largest on Record.
Pays His Respects to CircuIa-
tors Of False Reports.

The Kansas Board of Agriculture to
day issued a report covering the croI
situation in every neighborhood fOl
June, but dealing more in detail With
the wheat, oats and corn. The effects
of the long continued dry weather dur
ing May shows conspicuously in the de-
cline that is marked against the grair
percentages. The report really gives
the conditions reported by CORE
spOndents as they existed before the
rainfalls that broke the drouth early
this week. The rains were saviors OF
further damage by drouth, but consid-
cradle harm had already been done. The
department drops from it's April aver
age of 99.8 per cent. for wheat over IT
per cent The United States report
marked Kansas up to los in both April
and May. Full cognizance is given to
these facts in the report and discussion
Of it by Secretary Coburn, which reads
as follows:
Based upon 100 as an entirely salts
factory condition the winter wheat con-
ditiOn for the whole state on the date
mentioned was S. a decline of It's per
cent since the report of April 5 Three
counties. Allen. Osborne and Riley. re-
port a condition of 100, and 25 other
June 3 there was a shortage in rain
fall, the effects of which were begin
ming to be noticeably harmful, and ac-
counts for most Of the lowered condi-
tion, but since then many portions of
the state have had more or less rain,
and at a time to prevent imm inent
diminution in yield, and many others
have not In various localities some
injury has been done by Hessian flies
or other pests, but such damage has
not been general
Commenting upon matters relative To
the crop the secretary says. All recent
figures received Indicate that the pres
enI Kansas winter wheat acreage Is
very considerable per cent larger than
has at any previous time been officially
estimated, and place it close to if not
somewhat above the largest ever re
corded, viz 3, ITO, S73 acres. harvested in
lS9a Unique by leadership in wheat
production, as in various other benefi-
cent undertakings, and her breadstuff
output being such a potent factor in tbs.
countrys commercial and financial
affairs, Kansas and her wheat sittIa-
tion are always proftably prolific
themes for the enterprising sensation
monger, and the travelling expert with
their faithful eoadjutor the headline
writer and in no other wear than this
have these genial gentlemen DISPLAYED
more ttreless industry in earning their
bread by the sweat OF their pencils out
OF Kansas wheat
since the growing season began a
diminished yield has, from their stand
point, seemed to promise them more
Dread Inan they could realize if a full
crop was harvested. With this in mind
the nrst attempts to lessen the crop
were through introducing. by telegraph
q supposedly very destructive green
louse from Oklahoma, naturally via |
Summer, that being the greatest wheat |
producing county in the world. The |
green louise proved so inefficient as a /
succeSSIul destroyer that resort was /
early had to the Hessian fly. which. al I
though worked overtime. failed to ser /
1ously harm the wheat. except in a very
lew localities Following the failure of /
the fly, and while q cloudless slxv was
making possible the harvesting and /
curing in perfect condition of the lars-
est ana best hrst-cutting of alfalfa vet
grown, the dry weather and the rhirch
Dug nave been utilized zealouslv for the
WORK OF naVoc and if these agencies of
invoked so often in the Das+ |
w days fail to do service there will vet
De time for the exploiting of various /
other destrOyers before the crop is en-
tlreiy garnered; likewise a continua
tion OF the alarming stories about rna !
prooa piity Of losing much Of the wheat
oy Aack OF men for its gathering which
nave been 50 staple for several weeks
Aetr ~ spite Of unkind, needless. in
-ohsiueraIe and indefensibIe ictfons to
a y HNeiStS seems the eve
1I harvesting a prOdigious total of nigh
grade winter wheat; a total snch as
some other very creditable apricf1l+7,,aI
states could not reach bv agvrAs-a +i,,e-
-nelr product of century. and not an
scle OF any value in all the millions viii
all Of reaping."
Inc present area in corn as estimated
y ~ &c Sorlesp spondents IS approximately G.
1V.Vv9 acres, OF a half million less fbs,
ne year ago. The condition for fba
late As 81-3S, as against 999
ne year ago. and 80 two years ago. No
oQhty ~. reports condition of 100 and
ut very few of the real corr 60 49, 80
7alh ~. Inc backward and exfren,alxr
ool spring followed by protracted drv
Satnef mas delayed planting gern7iu
@ non ana cultivation nearly EVERYWHERE
CI1iclai returns Of this years area de-
olea 70 ali field crops have been re-
slveu from 46 Of the los counties. and
'scioSe ~ some surprising facts For in
49, l.l.lS' M eacn county reports an increased
neat acregae, Barber leading with
am OF zU8 per cent, and fourteen Other ! :
'unueS showing increases ranging fror, / :
svoV 20 $1,000 acres. while the whole az f
leA1dlng dozen or more of the fore I
use Wheat counties, advance over their I
~ - year 5 sowing 24-4 per cent It is T
Aefflss OF interest to note thar 4.-ith Z
le or two exceptions the corn a.sa ~, {
tSA o1 these counties is considerable r
uuced, the decrease averaging a frit7e F
sF K per cent, and closely cOrresDond 1
3 ~ some counties to the increases 3
own IN the acreage of wheat. T-ba 3
~ acreage Is less than one year ago :
. % 70 per cent even in such great S
7 In-sSfevlng counties as Cloud, Corey S
Wen, Linn Neosho, Phillips. Poffa s
atomic and Smith. s
a ne following table shows I,xy .,,,,+s ,