The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-08-21
CROPS IN
GENERAL ARE
DOING WELL
Cotton Making Good Growth
and Begins TO Open.
PASTURES ARE IMPROVED
Stock Is Doing Well though
Water Is Scarce.
PASTURES ARE IMPROVED

oklahoma City. o. t, Aug. 2o-The
weeks crop bulletin. as issued by c. NJ.
Strong, the section director Of the wealth
er bureau of this city, is as follows:
Partly cloudy weather. with high max
imum and comparatively low minimum
temperatures, generally prevailed during
the week.
Light local showers occurred on the
18th and 18th.
Temperatures ranged from 1os degrees
to SO degrees over the section.
Cotton IS generally doing well. max
ing a good growth, and beginning to
open; considerable shedding, however.
reported. and boH worms are active in
some localities.
Late corn was greatly benefited by
the rains of the preceding week. and in
dicauons now point to q light crop.
Early corn has generally been cut up for
fodder
Fan wheat plowing is in progress, ex-
cept in localities wher the lack of mois-
ture has rendered the ground too hard
and dry TO permit the work.
Pastures were generally much i'm
proved by the recent rains: stock water
is scarce, but stock generally doing well
Kaffir corn, cane and forage crops
made @ fair growth and are doing well
Haying is nearing completion. Yields
continue light.
Potato and tUrnip planting is in prog
ress, with the former nearing compile
tion.
CENTRAL DIVISION.
Usage -Kansas-Dry and cooler, late
cane and corn doing well; early planted
corn is about all cut.
Kay-Light rain, with cool winds and
weather excellent for crops; wheat plow-
ing well advanced. with ground in fine
condition; corn VIII give third of a
crop; corn cutting and haying in pro-
gress.
Grant-Threshing about done; some rye
sown; kafiir corn, cane and grass are
doing wei; pastures good and water plen-
tiful; there viii be more corn than an
ticipated; wheat plowing about done.
Garfeld-Fheat generally threshed,
with g0od Yields OF excellent quality;
plowing progressing rapidly; many have
finished; son in good condition; pastures
fine. and uncut grass growing rapidly;
fruit Improved.
N0Dle-Fau plOwing well ahead; slow
progress now on account of dry ground;
corn improved slightly; kaGr corn doing
well; corn ears are wormy and not well
filled.
Pawnee-FaH plowing under fair head
way; a large acreage of wheat win be
sown; cotton doing and growing well:
corn cutting in progress; pastures and
stock in fair condition and doing well;
cane and minet sown Tor forage.
Payne-Corn being cut and having fin
ished as rapidly as possible; cotton Iook-
ing well; castor beans, kastr and tur-
nips doing wei; stock Iookin well; some
piowing being done; pastures improved; /
broom corn doing well.
Logan-Cott0n doing well and fruiting
and opening some; plOwing in slow pro-
gress. but we'll advanced; corn fodder
and grass being cut; stock holding its
own and doing well; pastures. kailr and
cane need rain.
Ninghsher-Nery dry, with some local
rains: where rain fell cotton. cane and
llafr are improved. elsewhere doing only
fairly; corn and hay are being cut: plow-
. ing stopped by hard ground. about one
third done.
grass Is poor; plowing for wheat is in
progress though ground is dry and hard;
water is scarce but stock is in good con-
dition.
Oklahoma-Local rains improved pas
tures: plowins in progrehs; cotton boil
ing fast: kafir corn fair and heading: /
late fruit improving: corn about a fourth
of a crop; farmers feeding wheat
PAT
is in good condition. but shedding re-
ported some piowing being done for
wheat; corn cutting in progress: stock /
doing wen; cotton opening; pastures are /
benefited
Pottawatomie-Cott is making good /
growth and doing well; corn being cut /
. and shocked; grass drying Up; water
I scarce; late rains beneficial but more
needed.
Cleveland-Dry weather continues: cot /
ton doing well; late forage crops a fail +
ure; ground too dry for fan plowing.
Chickasaw-Over the northern portion 4
il has been hot and dry. cotton is doing (
fairly wen and opening. but shedding: (
. com being cut for feed: grass driving un. 4
stock doing wen; too dry TO plow. fruit
small.
over the middle portion cool. damp (
weather prevailed, bon worms workirv
on cotton; range go35 and stock doing
well. having in progress; late gardens I
doing vel. June corn VIII make a fair
sie,d
over TIE southern portion cotton made i
q moderate growth. and early opening 4
Z fast. the crop needs rain ara IS shedding I
il SOME localities. ban worms also at
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