The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-11
Premature Opening and Rust
Does Some Harm.
RAIN BENEFITS LITTLE
kaffr Corn, Cane and Pas.
lures improved by Showers

weather bureau Of this city:
Cooler. partly cloudy weather, with
daily showers prevailing during the week;
the showers were scattered. and gener-
/ ally insufficient TO be or any great ma
terial benefit.
/ Temperatures ranged from 80 to 81 de-
/ grees over the section.
Cotton picking continued in general pro-
gress. with light yields Of fair quality
/ so far reported; Dolls opened rapidly and
+ are mostly small; some slight damage
1 from premature opening and rust were
1 reported.
kafiir corn and cane were improved by
/ the showers; some cutting has been done,
and the cane Inas made a fair yield of
( sorghum.
Corn cutting was nearly completed over
( the section. The second crop Of hay is
+ being cut.
Generally, pastures We're benefited by
the showers, but over some counties they
were burning up from the continuous
/ hot. dry weather; stock water was scarce,
but stock generally did fairly well.
Owing TO hard. dry ground, fall wheat
( plowing and seeding made slow progress;
no great amount of seeding has as yet
/ been accomplished.
The drouth has cut the turnips. late,
I and sweet potatoes to very short yields.
Late fruit is in a variable condition,
ranging from poor to good yields.
Broom corn is being ulled, with q fair
+ yield reported. Forage crops made a fair
growth.
Following are the reports from the diff
+ ferent portions of the section by nations
( and counties:
CENTRAL DIVISION
/ Kay-Local showers revived pastures;
+ corn cutting nearly finished; ground too
dry to plow; kafir corn and cane looking
well.
/ Grant-Light showers, but insufficient;
corn cutting and haying in progress;
blowing for wheat well advanced, and
I some drilling wheat; ground in good or
4 der where cultivated good; cotton being
I picked; late millet heading, good crop.
stock in good condition.
I Noble-Corn cutting IN progress; plow-
ing for wheat nearly completed: rains
( revived pasutre; kafIlr corn heading out
weH.
Pawnee-Light rain on the 5th; fall
wheat ground being prepared; kafir corn
and cane improved; cotton picking in pro-
gress; pastures not so good, but stock
doing wei.
Occasional local showers, gen
/ orally hot and dry; corn about cut up;
kafir corn and cane doing well; cotton
opening and q fair quality; some hay cut;
wheat being sowed. stock not looking so
well; water scarce.
( Logan-Good rain on 5th and 9Th; have
placed ground in good condition and plow-
ing and seeding OF wheat in progress;
4 pastures have improved, and stock doing
well; cotton is yielding quite well late
! fruit good.
Kingfsher-Corn nearly all cut for fod-
I der; pastures all dried up; too dry to
plow for wheat. about one-third done;
cotton picking in progress; apples and
( grapes good.
Canadian-Cattle in good condition and
pastures improving; plowing for wheat
/ continues; rains insufficient.
Oklahoma-Good local rains on the 5th;
corn cutting about completed; work ad-
vauces slowly; cotton doing fairly well;
/ though plant is lacking in vitality.
{ Lincoln-Cotton picking in progress, the
yield fair, quality good; corn all cut and
rough feed being saved; stock doing fair
~ well: kafnr corn and cane burning
some; late potatoes poor condition; tUr-
nips O failure: too dry TO SOW wheat. 3,
Potawatomie-Dry and hot, with occa-
sionaI showers; stock doing only fairly
well
! Cleveland-Good local rains; fan plow-
ing and wheat sowing under headway;
cotton picking in progress, light yields;
grass revived by rains.
Chickasaw-Over the northern portion
cloudy and cooler weather prevailed; corn
cutting completed and kaflr corn being
cut; cotton picking in general progress
with light Yields reported; wheat sowing
in progress: stock not doing wei on ac-
count Of dry grass and scarcity of water
over the middle portion good local
showers on the 2d revived vegetation
somewhat; sorghum being made mp with
good yield, cotton being picked.
over the southern portion hot and dry
weather continued; cotton opening fast,
and being picked. with poor yields re-
ported. stock water scarce and falling Of
WESTERN DIVISION
Greer-lVeather cloudy and cooler; cot
ton opening and picking IN progress. the
bous are small and fber short grass dry
ing un. water scarce.
Conanche Asood shower on the "a re-
vived grass, weather cooler
yrashita-Cccasfcaa showers; corn cut
ting almost completed; cotton openinE
and picking IN progress yield wn be
ueht: kamr corn fair, fan crops dolng
wen
Custer-Local showers of preceding
week benefited crops, especially katfr
corn. cane and pastures. corn cutting in
progress. late corn making fne fodder
laea potatoes q failure stock doing WelL
Devey-Coiton. castor beans. cane and
other cro7s benefited by preceding lo-al
rain. rastures good ard stock dong wen;
wheat souirr in proErcss
NToods-RaIn ~ preceding week hene-
sr4d c-ors. but kanr corn and cane are
badly damaged. pastures short ala water
s-e--e. wheat SOW ing in rrogres. ur1
ground mostly ready. trocn corn heins
RULED and cotton being picked; corn al-
most f4hure
Er9e5vari-Eeavy rn ~ preceding
week hersGte5 crens. ana placcd ground
in socd co1f,gl1a fo~ p.owiHe ereaEe
az wheat Du 80 iarser ircr=ased- fer-
sea crops making eoad elowth- eEass
a water plentiful and stock doing
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