The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-25
EARLY CORN
IS NEARLY
ALL RUINED
Hot Wind Prevailed Uninter-
rUpted During Week.
COTTON HOLDS ITS OWN
Stock Water Scarce and the
Streams Drying Up.
COTTON HOLDS ITS OWN

Oklahoma city, o. T. July &C. NJ.
Strong. section director Of the weather
bureau Of this city, has ISSUED the fol-
lowing bulletin.
Partly cloudy weather. high tempera-
lures and hot winds prevailed during the
week; light to moderate scattered thun-
der stoms cured on the 18th. 18th. 18th.
18th, 10th and 21st.
Temperatures ranged over the section
from 1OS to 50 degrees.
The drouth continued uninterrupted.
except over few localities where local
rains caused slight Improvement in
condition of crops; generally. all vegeta-
ton suffered
The early corn IS nearly all ruined, the
rains that fell coming too late to benefit
it. The late corn IS generally in poor con-
dition. and with good rains soon can not
make a half yield. Some corn is being
cut for feed.
Cotton continues to hold its own, bat
is suffering from the drouth and shed-
ding is becoming moe general.
Haying IS in progress with very light
yields reported.
Pastures, gardens and fruit are drying
and withering, and are nearly burnt up.
Forest and fruit trees are dying.
AIHlet is nearly gone, and that cut gave
very light yields.
Stock water is very scarce, with wells
and streams drying up; stock IS suffering
L. ,f
water.
Kanlr and broom corn, cane and cas-
tor beans are holding UP well. Wheat
threshing continues in slow progress
Some fall plowing IS being done, but
generally the ground is too hard and dry
to break.
Following are the reports from the dif-
ferent portions of the section by nations
and counties:
CENTRAL DIVISION.
-Kansas-Dry and hot, with
few local rains. too light to do growing
crops any good.
Kay-Showers on 18th, 18th 18th; up
land corn badly scorched, bottom still
growing; pastures drying up; water
scarce: fruit withering; Kanir corn. mil
let and cane suffering; plowing about
stopped.
Grant-Local rain on 18th; corn, cane,
millet and castor beans promise a third
of a yield; Kafir corn badly injured al
falfa getting poor; plowing in progress.
Garield-Upland corr about gone low
land still alive: pastures drying up; cat
tie shrinking; fruit drying up; light show
ers. but they do no good; Kaffir corn still
alive.
Noble-Hot and dry; water scarce and
pastures dried up; bottom corn and cas-
tor beans holding out WELL plowing in
progress. but ground very dry; threshing
about done.
Pawnee-Local rain on 18th, otherwise
hot and dry; upland corn burned up,
bottom land damaged to a great ex-
tent; pastures dried up. cotton growing
well: fruit damaged some
Payne-Local showers on 18th, 18th,
18th; corn nearly past betterment; cot
ton standing drouth wei, shedding some;
having in progress, light yield; pastures
very short
Logan-Dry and hot with few local
showers during week, doing no good;
early corn VIII be light, late standing
drouth well; cotton making slow growth.
much shedding; alfalfa, KafTir corn and
cane doing well; pastures drying up fast;
fruit suffering.
Kingfsher-Hot. dry and windy. with
q few local showers, doing no good; corn
and pastures burning up; stock doing
well
Canadian-Drouth continues, a few local
showers; corn badly damaged. and many
fields ruined. soma being cut for fodder;
pastures burnt up. and water scarce;
fruit dlying up on trees
Oklahoma-Hot and dry; early corn
damaged badly. late suffering; cotton
holding its own; Kanir corn and cane do
ing well; fruit IS driving up on trees;
stock holding up well; threshing pro
crossing slowly.
Linc0ln-Local showers. but d,d not
DO much good; corn IS suffering from
the drouth; pastures dry enough to burn.
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