The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-10
CORN IS INJURED.
Another Hot Wave Here and
Crops Are Whitening.
Mercury Above 100 Mark With
No Rain Promised.
is GLOOMY OUTLOOK.
From All Over Kansas Comes
DiscOuraging Reports.
Farmers Moving Stock to Mar
ket Before Fattening.
is GLOOMY OUTLOOK.


with no immediate chance of relief
Corn has withstood the ravages of the
heat until yesterday. Now it is fast
shriveling up. and the prospect is any
thing but pleasing to the farmers. The
oats crop is worse than a failure, and
hay is scarcer than for years.
In western Kansas the conditions are
better than in the eastern part, this
being directly opposite to the usual
state of affairs. Some of the central
Kansas farmers are shipping their
stock to western Kansas so as to take
advantage of the superior hay crop.
It Is estimated that Kansas will suf-
fer crop losses from the protracted
heated spell to the extent of s1OO, 600.
This figure will be even larger if the
heat continues a few days longer, as
then there viii be absolutely no help
for the corn.
Prospects for immediate rain have
been dispelIed and a second hot wave
is upon Kansas.
AT SALINA.
Salina, Kan, July 10.-Central Kan
sas is badly in need of rain The ex-
tremely hot weather of the past few
weeks has dried everything up and part
of the early corn is ruined. The late
corn looks well, but is badly in need of
moisture.
AT FORT SCOTT
Fort Scott, Kan, July 1O.-The ther-
mometer at the government observa-
tory here Tuesday registered los de-
grees. This is two degrees hotter than
it has been any day of this year and it
smashes the new heat record of this
station Vegetation is rapidly blasting
under the heat and warm winds and
feeders are shipping their stock out.
AT LEAVE WORTH
Leavenworth, kas-, July 1O.-The
registered 103 and the
winds were Of the simeon order Not
during the hot spell of the season has
the wind taken on such Witherfng
warmth as today. Everything is burn
ing up Unless rain comes this week
there will be nothing raised. The dry
ness which continues to accompany
the heat is having its effect on wood
work of all kinds. mo ore notably on
wagon wheels. Many carriage wheels
to have tires frightened. Wagon wheels
are falling to pieces and lumber of all
kinds is shrinking fearfully. Nails are
being drawn out of framework IN
houses.
AT LAWRENCE
Lawrence, Kas., July 1O.-Observa-
tions at Kansas university show a
maximum temperature for Tuesday of
1O4.5, the highest point reached this
summer by one degree
There is slightly more breeze here to-
day than yesterday, but no indications
of rain. The minimum temperatur
since o'clock last night was 78 an in
crease of ten degrees over yesterday
AT ATCHISON
Atchison, Kas., July 1O.@The dry
weather is simply running the corn.
corn along the Central Branch west of
They say the corn can't
stand the present hot weather, even If
the country has had rain, and the en-
r7o6 fe fr,i
danger.
J. o. Philippi, assistant general
freight agent of the Missouri Pacific,
was in Atchison today. He is on a tour
Of the main line and the branches look
Ing up the crop prospects. He says
conditions along the Central Branch
are serious. With good rains from now
on the corn crop would be short at J
very short, and is already tasseling, so
there is really no hope for it.
Four weeks ago an Atchison man
paid $3.50 for lot of StockerS and
feeders. Yesterday he shipped them to |
Kansas City and sold them for $3.50 |
Another farmer was offered 81, 100 for a
bunch of heifers month ago. He Of
Fered them for $3.50 yesterday but was
unable to find a buyer.
AT WICHITA
Wichita, July 10.-The weather here |
today is very warm and dry with no
rain in sight.
Evidence is accommodating that the
stock east of this city is suffering for /
want of water, and that the drouth is
causing a scarcity of feed for stock l
Tohn Chain came in from ToWanda |
Yesterday and he tells some wonderful |
stories q bout the scarcity of water for 1
stock. He told of a whole trainload of !
satt1e being shipped into Ell Dorado to /
get water from the Walnut river
Mr.. Chain said over in the neighbor- !
lood of Leroy the people We're abso-
utely unable to get grass and water
ior their cattle They gathered a whole /
rainload and shipped them to FL Do
hey hoped to find grass also for their
.attle.
Mr.. Chain said these people from
-eRoy came to him and begged him to
axe their cattle until the drouth was
'ver, but he was unable to take any of
hem. Mr.. Chain says if the drouth
asts much longer there will be a vast
mount of suffering among stock in the
ounties east of Butler.
AT EMPORIA
Emporfa, July 10.-The dry spell is
uinfng most of the corn. Some fields
re past hope of saving. Others are at
he critical period just now, while 9TH
rs that were planted late will survive |
nd the heat are fast running such
rops as are left.
AT ABILENE
Abilene, July 10-Rain is badly need
d here. Reports from all parts of the
Ounty say that the condition is serf-
US and only immediate and generous
aims can make anything like half a
rop- The prairies are burned up and
he creeks are going dry, and the indi-
ations are for a failure of the corn
rop without rain.
AT PARSONS
Parsons. Kas-. July 10.@The unprece-
ented drouth has ruined the early corn
nd viii probably XIII the late corn.