The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-08-07
MAY
MAKE VERY
FAIR YIELD
Plant Is Short But VIII Make
Good Showing,
STOCK WATER SHORT
Condition Of Crops in Terri
tory Are Given.

Oklahoma City. 0. T., Aug. 6.-The
Section Director OF Weather Bureau
Of this city Chas. II. Strong. has issued
the following crop bulletin:
Local rains occurred on July %. 80 and
81. ana August and .. being nearly gen
eraI on the Soth and 81
The week was partly cloudy with tenn
perature ranging from very warm to
moderately cool; the week closing cool.
Temperatures ranged over the section
! from 1oi to 6z degrees.
The rains were moderate to heavy over
/ northern and southeastern Oklahoma.
the Creek and Chickasha nations. and
/ light in character elsewhere.
The cotton is forming squares and
! blooming and is making out a fair
! growth; the plant is very short, but with
/ continued favorable conditions VIII make
+ from a half TO an average crop over the
J different portions of the belt.
/ Late corn, grass, kafiir corn and broom
! corn. cane, castor beans and fruit show
! Improvement, but are still suffering in
many places, for rain, where local show
/ ers did not occur, or were insufficient.
Fan plcwing for wheat is in general
progress, and is being rapidly advanced.
Forage crops. potatoes, and turnips arc
being planted.
Threshing wheat and haying are nearly
( completed.
Stock water continues scarce, but stock
is doing well.
Early corn is being cut, generally, for
fodder.
Following are the reports from the diff
ferent portions of the section by nations
and counties:
CENTRAL DIVISION
Osaee-Kansas-Rains have placed late
corn in good condition; gIass starting
up. and hay, cane and peas in good con-
didon: groud in good condition for fall
plowing
Kay-Good rains have revived grass.
and benefited late corn; ground in good
condition, and farmers are plowing for
wheat and planting forage crops. hay
and alfalfa light crops; kaflr. cane and
mllet. improved
Grant-I5eavy rains have made ground
wet and delayed threshing; corn viii
make a third of a crop; grass, kaflr corn
and cane doing well; planting early pota-
toes, and sowing millet; stock doing
well
Carfeld-Heavy rains on 29th and s0th;
plowIng being pushed rapidly; pastures.
cane, kafir ard late corn improved;
gras ga short yield; threshing nearly
! done.
Nohle-Rains have improved late corn;
pastures taking a new growth; a fair
prospect for late fruit; gardens improv-
ed: blowing in progress.
Pawnee- Showers on 26th, 9th, 2sth and
30th: late corn benefited; cane and llaf5r
corn coming on well; cotton doing well
and much improved; stock in good con-
dition; grapes poor; forage crops being
planted
PayEe-Good rains have benefited crops
and plowins is being rapidly advanced;
cotton is in good condition: there viii
be some late corn on bottom lands; stock
doing well and water more plentiful;
some localities stn dry.
I.ogan-Rains benefited cotton. grass
and some late corn, but corn generally
too FAR gone to be benefited: plowing for
wheat in progress and turnips being
sown; haying n progress; stock doing
well
TIing7sher-Rains have improved crops:
farmers are plowing for wheat, and sow
ing cane ard millet; almost too dry to
plow.
Cklahoma-Au crops need rain: cotton
fun Of squares. boiling some. and grow
ing fast: pastures drying up; not much
blowing done; kafir fair; water becom-
ing scarce
Iincoln-Good rains have placed the
late corr in better condition and i'm
proved cotton: cotton blooming with
good prospect; plowins IN progress and
potatoes and turuirs being planted; hay
ir0 about done with a fair yield.
Canadian-Hot and dry and not much
ploviGE done: kahir corn needing rain;
pastures dry; stock stin doing wei:
threstinF mostly done.
Pottawatoraie-Dry and hot; effect OF
rains gore. and crops are suffering as
bad as ever; corn badly damaged: kaf-
fir and cane shrort and drying up; water
scarce: cotton doing wei
Cleveland-Very dry; corn about dried
up: cotton blooming in top and shedding.
ri It very poor cane doing poorly;
fe crops worth harvesting.
Chfcka ashaw-Cver the northern portion
rains benefited crops; cotton fruiung wel
and making fair growth: late corn i'm
proved locally: pastures good and stock
doing we'll with water scarce: having
I'm progress Wits light yield.
over thc central portion rains improved
I1te corn locally cotton also greatly iu-
proved ana is sQusring; where rain dtI
not fan cotton Is opening very short
and water is scarce
over the southern portion local showers