The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-08-28
IS
NOT IN SUCH
GOOD SHAPE
Needs Moisture and Boil
Worms Are Damaging 1t.
PASTURES ARE SHORT
And Stock Water Scarce but
Cattle Doing Well.

Oklahoma City. 0. T. Aug. FL. Lod
hoIz, who is temporarily in charge of th'
weather bureau Of this city, has issueC
the following crop bulletin:
Clear, hot weather generally prevailed
during the week, with drouthy conditions
I again becoming apparent.
Scattered showers occurred on the 10Th
21st, 22d and 23rd.
Temperatures ranged from 1o4 degree.
to 81 degrees over the section.
Cotton is generally doing fairly well
although suffering from want of moist
ure. Considerable shedding is reported
as wen as damage by boil worms. The
crop is opening fast. and picking has com
menced.
Kaffir corn and cane are generally
making a fiar growth, with kaffir corr
heading out.
Pastures are becoming short, stock
water is scarce. but stock generally is
doing well
FAN wheat plowing Is nearly completed
except where retarded by hard, dry
ground.
Following are the reports from the diff
ferent portions of the section by nations
and counties:
CENTRAL DIVISION.
Osake- -Kansas.-Dry and hot; corn cut
ting in progress; hay harvested. crop very
short; prospects for an average crop OF
cane.
Kay.-Generally hot and dry; light
showers on 21st; corn cutting in progress
late corn hurt by bugs; crop will be very
light; pastures drying up, and stock water
getting scarce in some localities; fall
plowing nearing completion.
Grant.-Hot and dry; kaffir corn and
cane doing well; peaches fine; pastures
good, and stock doing well; fall plowing
! nearing completion.
/ Garfield.-Wheat threshing almost com
pleted: quality good; corn a failure; fruit
scarce owing to dry weather; ground
very dry and plowing almost stopped.
! Noble.-Dry and hot; cotton and castor
beans doing well; peaches need rain to
/ ripen; pastures dry, and some farmers
! feeding their stock; stock water scarce;
plowing delayed by dry ground.
! Pawnee-LocaI showers on 2oth; crops
making good growth; cotton in fine con-
dition: corn cutting and haying in pro-
gress: pastures and stock doing wer.
/ Payne-Hot andd ry; cotton doing well
and beginning TO open; haying nearly
completed; plOwing delayed by dry
I ground; pastures drying up; stock water
/ getting scarce and wells failing; broom
/ corn being harvested; melons and peaches
ripening. but some peaches are drying
/ upon the trees.
Logan-Hot and dry; all vegetation
sadly in need Of rain; corn cutting al
most completed; cotton beginning TO suf-
/ fer: late kanfr and cane at a standstiu;
fruit small and falling; plowing delayed
I by dry ground; pastures short and some
stock being fed; water scarce, and stock
not doing we'll
Fingfsher.-Hot and dry; local rains on
the 20th improved pastures in localities,
but pastures generally were dried up;
stock water scarce; plOwing for wheat
delayed by dry ground; corn almost en-
tirely cut UP for fodder.
Canadian.-Pastures improving very lit
tie: cattle in good condition.
Oklahoma.-Hot and dry; ground too
hard to pillow.
Lincoln-Hot and dry; local rain on
the 20th; all crops being injured by the
dry weather. especially upland cotton;
late com drying up; corn nearly all cut
up cotton opening rapidly. and pick
ing begun: the crop is shedding badly
in some places: turnips, late kaffir corn.
and late potatoes not coming up; pas
lures getuug short; stock water scarce;
stock coing well.
Pottawstomie.-Local rains on the Hst
benefited al late crops in localities. re-
vived grass. and replenished stock water;
in dry iccaliues cotton was opening pre-
matuely because CT lock of moisture;
stock water scarce. and ground too dry
TO bring up seed that is planted; stock
is looking well.
Cleveland.-Dry and hot; haying and
threshing completed; cotton crop cut
short by the drouth
oaickasaw.-Over the northern portion
it has been hot and dry; local showers
on the 2oth, bat not enough; corn being
vat; cotton opening, and being picked;
crop Will be short; stock water scarce.
and grass none too good; stock doing
well.
over the middle portion cotton Is stm
doing well in some sections; some hay
being cut. stock water stnl scarce.
over the southern portion cotton is
making a fair growth and opening; pick
ing begun: the crop VIII be short: soma
damage is reported by boil worms on
lowlands: grass revived in localities by
LEGAL raIns. corn crop viii be very light;
stock water scarce in some places. but
stock generally doing wen.
WESTERN DIVISION.
Greer-Hot and dry; grass an dan for
age crops suffering; cotton doing wei.
considering the Ions dry spell; ground
too hard 70 piaw. an dan farm work
stopped
Comanche-Light rain today; crops are
ruined
washIta-Hot and dry: cotton doing
fairly well; broom corn being harvested
with fair crop; kanir corn good. hay
ing IN progress
ROGER 1fEls-Good rain on the olst i'm
proved cotton: sharp shooters working or
cotton II some localities: stock looking
wen. tuunips being damaged by grass-
horpers.
Custer.-Eariy corn being cut some
field are good While others are q total
faHure: late corn doing weur tuvniPs
coming up weIl- pastlres revived 6v re-
cent rains: fruit promising stock doing
vell
BIaine-rIsht showers. bat stln too
dry To rlow. wheat threshlng campiet-
e7- broom com harvest IN progress. crop
ing wen. cutting cora foa fodder in pro-
gress cattle not doing 50 welL
pewey.-Earu and dlg iooai Tains
a,.-rFfted erc-ss ara rsstures IN ioeaiit-