The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-17
ALL CROPS
SUFFERING
SERIOUSLY
Whole Corn Crop Is in Great
Danger.
COTTON HOLDS ITS OWN
Kaffir and Broom Corn Are
Doing Well.
COTTON HOLDS ITS OWN


weather, high temperature and hot winds
continued through the week; scattered
showers occurred on the 18th and 14th.
Temperatures ranged over the section
from ia to 50 degrees.
The drouth continued with intensified
effect. All vegetation is suffering serious
damage.
Early corn is badly damaged and is
nearly ruined over many counties; the
heated winds are burning it UP.
Late corn is suffering seriously. Unless
rain comes very soon the crop win be
practically ruined.
Cotton continues to hold its own, and
is looking fairly well, but it is suffering
from the drouth. The early planted is
shedding some over a few counties.
Pastures, grass and fruit drying and
whitening UP.
Haying is being advanced as rapidly as
possible. with short yields reported.
Millet is poor, and being cut to save
it. Stock water is scarce. and stock Is
bekinning to suffer and deteriorate.
Wheat and oats threshing continues in
progress; wheat yield good.
Kar and broom corn, cane and castor
beans doing well.
Followin gare the reports from the diff
ferent portions Of the section by nations
and counties:
CENTRAL DIVISION.
Usage, Kansas-Weather continues dry
and hot; early corn is ruined; rains soon
would make half crop of late corn; hay
half a crop; cane is holding its own; pas
lures very poor.
Kay-Hot, dry and dusty; everything in
need of rain; corn badly damaged; pas
lures and stock in fair condition; kaffir,
cane, millet and gardens suffering; the
threshing is rogressing finely.
Grant-Dry, with hot winds; corn badly
damaged: grass and pastures badly dam
aged; small prospects for hay; wheat
threshing out well; kaf1ir corn doing well;
fruit drying up on trees.
Garfleld-Dry, with hot winds; pastures
and crops drying up very fast; potato crop
cut short, and corn crop nearly ruined |
wheat threshing out well; stock doing |
well.
Noble-Hot and dry. Pastures are fail |
ing; stock water very scarce; cotton and |
castor beans doing well; fruit badly in
jured.
Pawnee-Dry and hot, with corn in tas-
sci and being badly damaged by drouth.
Payne-Dry and hot; corn badly dam /
aged but if rain comes soon may make 1
half yield; cotton and kaffir corn doing 1
well yet; pastures dried up; water is (
scarce and hay will be short; mnlet very
poor; stock in bad condition.
Logan-Hot and dry; corn suffering for
rain; cotton doing well, not injuring at
present; grass, pastures and fruit drying
up; stock doing well
Kingfsher-Dry. hot and windy; corn Is
badly damaged, some IN roasting ears;
gardens. pastures and fruit dried UP;
wheat threshing out well; oats a light
weight.
Canadian-Dry and hot; earn IS about
ruined stock water is getting scarce:
stock doing well; threshing we'll ad-
vanced; crops and fruit needing rain.
Ol1lahoma-Wheat threshing we'll ad-
vanced; yielding very well; corn badly
damaged by drouthI needing. with all
other crops. rain; cotton still doing well;
pastures and fruit drying up; hay max
fng in progress.
Lfncoln-Hot and dry; corn Is being
badly damaged by the drouth and viii
make a short crop; cotton is doing fairly
wei, but the early planted is shedding
some; pastures are short. and water Is
very scarce.
Pottawatomie-Hot and dry; corn and
fruit suffering badly; cotton doing well;
grass drying up; hay crop light; fruit
badly damaged; water scarce; stock do
ing we'll; cowpeas standing the drouth
well
Cleveland-very dry; light shower on
tie 18th; corn ruined by drouth; cotton
suffering some; pastures, gardens ana
fruit drying up; water scarce. and stock
not doing well.
Chickasaw-Over the northern portion
dry and hot: corn burning upi Gotten do
ing fairly well: millet drying up; fruit
and grass badly damaged; stock doing
well
over the middle portion hot and dryI
drouth continues; corn badly damaged;
early cotton damaged, but late Is doing
fairly well: millet doing badly; cane DO
ing well; gardens ruined and grass burn
Ing Up; water scarce
n the southern portion dry. hot westh-
pr continues: corn badly injured; early
cotton injured. but late doing well: grass
ard gardens drying up; stock water Is
scarce and stock suffering
WESTERN DIVISION.
Greer-Good showers on the 7th: corn
badly damaged; cotton making a good
growth and forming cut wei but needs
rain: grass drying up ana stock water
scarce
Kiowa-Hot weather and not winds;
,ro7 prospects poor kafar corn standing
the drouth best
Washits-Dry and hot: corn is badly !
damaged: cotton doing well; pastures are
-etting dry: wheat threshing out small :
Fields.
Custer-vsry hot and dry; local showers
IN 12th. corn. cotton. mf1et and AL other
.rops suffering for rain. cotton not DO
ar wen hav crop short, grass drying Up;
Sheat threshing out fairly wen
Bialne-IFot and dry. corn being dan :
.ged. some cotton stl doing EsIi, broom
.orn. kamr corn. and cane doiug sell.
,sy croo very short. pastures drying sp;
water scarce-
Roger sfaLs-Dry ard hot. co-n stgi DO
- fairly wsn. ootson making slo~
.rsEth- pastures getting short waeat
"a cats harvested
Devey-Dry and hot. early oora haa-
3 Injured castor beans. cotton ard
age corn halalrz cot pretrv well, gar -
ens rulaed and pssturss drTing %. hay 4
eiur este stock deins vsA
Egaoss-Hot ana ergs corn baalv Jan
se-i f-uit drying up- pasture drTinE 80.